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Tim Pond Wilderness Camps

At a glance

Tim Pond Wilderness Camps (PWSID ME0003401) is an active transient non-community water system in Franklin County, Maine. It reports serving 30 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, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 2019.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDME0003401

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served30

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyME state drinking water program

City servedTim Pond Twp

StateMaine

ZIP—

CountyFranklin County

How does Tim Pond Wilderness Camps compare with other water systems in Franklin County?

By EPA's size categories, Tim Pond Wilderness Camps 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 0.1% 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 Tim Pond Wilderness Camps is well 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 Tim Pond Wilderness Camps?

EPA lists Tim Pond Wilderness Camps 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 Tim Pond Wilderness Camps have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 2019. The violations listed here began between May 2006 and August 2019. By type: 4 monitoring, 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 2 required treatment not met, 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2019-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2017-10-28	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 2 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2017-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-08-10	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2017-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-05-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2D	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2017-05-01	ReportingReport Startup Procedures Cert Form (RTCR) · code 4C	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2009-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2006-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

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.

Tim Pond Wilderness Camps: frequently asked questions

Who runs Tim Pond Wilderness Camps?

Tim Pond Wilderness Camps (PWSID ME0003401) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the ME state drinking water program.

How many people does Tim Pond Wilderness Camps serve?

Tim Pond Wilderness Camps reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection in Franklin County, Maine.

Where does Tim Pond Wilderness Camps 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 Tim Pond Wilderness Camps have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 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 Tim Pond Wilderness Camps' 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, 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 2019. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the ME state drinking water program.

Where can I find Tim Pond Wilderness Camps' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Tim Pond Wilderness Camps 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 system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Farmington Village Corp Water Dept	Franklin	4,050	Community	Groundwater
Wilton Water Department	Franklin	2,800	Community	Surface water
Sugarloaf Water Association	Franklin	1,730	Community	Surface water
Rangeley Water District	Franklin	1,378	Community	Groundwater
Jay Village Water District	Franklin	975	Community	Purchased surface water
Kingfield Water District	Franklin	950	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, “Tim Pond Wilderness Camps, PWSID ME0003401, Maine”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maine/tim-pond-wilderness-camps-me0003401 (data as of October 1, 2026).