Public water system · ME0092498
ActiveAcadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility
At a glance
Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility (PWSID ME0092498) is an active transient non-community water system in Hancock County, Maine. It reports serving 120 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a state government. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
120
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility compare with other water systems in Hancock County?
By EPA's size categories, Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Hancock County has 203 active public water systems. Its population served is about half of the county average of 232 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 47,019 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Maine, the 1,862 active systems average 503 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility is about 17% below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Maine has 1,091 active transient non-community water systems, 59% of the state's 1,862 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,780 Maine systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility?
EPA lists Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility as owned by a state government. The ME state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 3 of the 203 active systems in Hancock County (1.5%) are also owned by a state government.
Does Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between October 2021 and October 2025. By type: 3 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 3 as resolved and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-06-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
All 4 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility: frequently asked questions
Who runs Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility?
Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility (PWSID ME0092498) is a transient non-community water system owned by a state government. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.
How many people does Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility serve?
Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility reports serving 120 people through 1 service connection in Hancock County, Maine.
Where does Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.
Where can I find Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Hancock County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Bar Harbor- Water Division | Hancock | 4,443 | Community | Surface water |
| Ellsworth Water Department | Hancock | 3,910 | Community | Surface water |
| Southwest Harbor Water & Sewer District | Hancock | 2,480 | Community | Surface water |
| Maine Water Company Bucksport Division | Hancock | 1,700 | Community | Surface water |
| Mount Desert Water Dist North | Hancock | 1,623 | Community | Surface water |
| Castine Water Department | Hancock | 983 | Community | Groundwater under influence of surface water |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Acadia Gateway-Bus Maintenance Facility, PWSID ME0092498, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/acadia-gateway-bus-maintenance-facility-me0092498 (data as of October 1, 2026).