Public water system · ME0017034

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Route 197 Diner

At a glance

Route 197 Diner (PWSID ME0017034) is an active transient non-community water system in Kennebec County, Maine. It reports serving 149 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2019.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

149

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDME0017034

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served149

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyME state drinking water program

City servedLitchfield

StateMaine

ZIP—

CountyKennebec County

How does Route 197 Diner compare with other water systems in Kennebec County?

By EPA's size categories, Route 197 Diner is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Kennebec County has 169 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 470 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 79,468 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 Route 197 Diner is roughly in line with 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 Route 197 Diner?

EPA lists Route 197 Diner 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. 143 of the 169 active systems in Kennebec County (85%) are also privately owned.

Does Route 197 Diner have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2019. The violations listed here began between January 1992 and October 2019. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (8 of them). EPA lists 8 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
2019-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2005-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2002-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2002-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2001-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2001-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 9 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.

Route 197 Diner: frequently asked questions

Who runs Route 197 Diner?

Route 197 Diner (PWSID ME0017034) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does Route 197 Diner serve?

Route 197 Diner reports serving 149 people through 1 service connection in Kennebec County, Maine.

Where does Route 197 Diner 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 Route 197 Diner have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2019. 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 Route 197 Diner'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2019. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find Route 197 Diner's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Route 197 Diner 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 Kennebec County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Kennebec Water District	Kennebec	22,060	Community	Surface water
Greater Augusta Utility District	Kennebec	13,750	Community	Groundwater
Gardiner Water District	Kennebec	9,000	Community	Groundwater
Maine Water Company Oakland Division	Kennebec	2,873	Community	Purchased surface water
Winthrop Utilities District	Kennebec	2,750	Community	Surface water
Hallowell Water District	Kennebec	2,300	Community	Groundwater

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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, “Route 197 Diner, PWSID ME0017034, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/route-197-diner-me0017034 (data as of October 1, 2026).