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Rangeley Manor Cottage Association

At a glance

Rangeley Manor Cottage Association (PWSID ME0006248) is an active transient non-community water system in Franklin County, Maine. It reports serving 65 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2017.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

65

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDME0006248
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served65
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyME state drinking water program
City servedRangeley
StateMaine
ZIP—
CountyFranklin County

How does Rangeley Manor Cottage Association compare with other water systems in Franklin County?

By EPA's size categories, Rangeley Manor Cottage Association is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Franklin County has 63 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 365 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 22,988 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 Rangeley Manor Cottage Association is about half of 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 Rangeley Manor Cottage Association?

EPA lists Rangeley Manor Cottage Association as privately owned. 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. 44 of the 63 active systems in Franklin County (70%) are also privately owned.

Does Rangeley Manor Cottage Association have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2017. The violations listed here began between January 1998 and October 2017. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (9 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2017-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2014-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2013-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2010-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2008-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2006-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2005-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2005-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2001-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1999-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1998-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1998-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Rangeley Manor Cottage Association: frequently asked questions

Who runs Rangeley Manor Cottage Association?

Rangeley Manor Cottage Association (PWSID ME0006248) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does Rangeley Manor Cottage Association serve?

Rangeley Manor Cottage Association reports serving 65 people through 1 service connection in Franklin County, Maine.

Where does Rangeley Manor Cottage Association 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 Rangeley Manor Cottage Association have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2017. 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 Rangeley Manor Cottage Association'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2017. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find Rangeley Manor Cottage Association's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Rangeley Manor Cottage Association 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 Franklin County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Farmington Village Corp Water DeptFranklin4,050CommunityGroundwater
Wilton Water DepartmentFranklin2,800CommunitySurface water
Sugarloaf Water AssociationFranklin1,730CommunitySurface water
Rangeley Water DistrictFranklin1,378CommunityGroundwater
Jay Village Water DistrictFranklin975CommunityPurchased surface water
Kingfield Water DistrictFranklin950CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Rangeley Manor Cottage Association, PWSID ME0006248, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/rangeley-manor-cottage-association-me0006248 (data as of October 1, 2026).