Public water system · MA4197018
ActiveSankaty Head Golf Club Inc..
At a glance
Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. (PWSID MA4197018) is an active transient non-community water system in Nantucket County, Massachusetts. It reports serving 60 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2016.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
60
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. compare with other water systems in Nantucket County?
By EPA's size categories, Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Nantucket County has 5 active public water systems, and Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. is the 5th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 6,513 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 32,563 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Massachusetts, the 1,636 active systems average 6,275 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. is about 58% 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. Massachusetts has 859 active transient non-community water systems, 53% of the state's 1,636 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,354 Massachusetts systems (83%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc..?
EPA lists Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. as privately owned. The MA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 2 of the 5 active systems in Nantucket County (40%) are also privately owned.
Does Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2016. By type: 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved is Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 as archived. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
The one violation in EPA's records.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.
Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc..: frequently asked questions
Who runs Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc..?
Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. (PWSID MA4197018) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MA state drinking water program.
How many people does Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. serve?
Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. reports serving 60 people through 1 service connection in Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
Where does Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. 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 Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2016. 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 Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc..'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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2016. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc..'s water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.. 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 Nantucket County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wannacomet Water Company | Nantucket | 27,703 | Community | Groundwater |
| Siasconset Water Department | Nantucket | 3,000 | Community | Groundwater |
| Surfside Beach | Nantucket | 1,500 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Wauwinet House | Nantucket | 300 | Transient non-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, “Sankaty Head Golf Club Inc.., PWSID MA4197018, Massachusetts”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/massachusetts/sankaty-head-golf-club-inc-ma4197018 (data as of October 1, 2026).