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The Earlee Mug

At a glance

The Earlee Mug (PWSID MA1111009) is an active transient non-community water system in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It reports serving 50 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 July 2000.

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

PWSIDMA1111009

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMA state drinking water program

City servedGranby

StateMassachusetts

ZIP01033

CountyHampshire County

How does The Earlee Mug compare with other water systems in Hampshire County?

By EPA's size categories, The Earlee Mug is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Hampshire County has 94 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,556 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 146,285 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 The Earlee Mug is about 65% 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 The Earlee Mug?

EPA lists The Earlee Mug 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. 62 of the 94 active systems in Hampshire County (66%) are also privately owned.

Does The Earlee Mug have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2000. The violations listed here began between April 2000 and July 2000. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 12 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
2000-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2000-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Dichloromethanecode 2964	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	1,1-Dichloroethylenecode 2977	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Trichloroethylenecode 2984	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Tetrachloroethylenecode 2987	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	1,1,2-Trichloroethanecode 2985	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Vinyl chloridecode 2976	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Xylenes, Totalcode 2955	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2979	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	o-Dichlorobenzenecode 2968	No	Archived

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.

The Earlee Mug: frequently asked questions

Who runs The Earlee Mug?

The Earlee Mug (PWSID MA1111009) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MA state drinking water program.

How many people does The Earlee Mug serve?

The Earlee Mug reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

Where does The Earlee Mug 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 The Earlee Mug 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 July 2000. 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 The Earlee Mug'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 July 2000. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MA state drinking water program.

Where can I find The Earlee Mug's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. The Earlee Mug 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 Hampshire County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Amherst Dpw Water Division	Hampshire	39,263	Community	Surface water
Northampton Water Division	Hampshire	29,571	Community	Surface water
Easthampton Water Dept	Hampshire	16,211	Community	Groundwater
South Hadley Fd #1 (MWRA)	Hampshire	14,800	Community	Purchased surface water
Ware Water Dept	Hampshire	10,066	Community	Groundwater
South Hadley Fire District #2 Water Dept	Hampshire	6,200	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, “The Earlee Mug, PWSID MA1111009, Massachusetts”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/massachusetts/the-earlee-mug-ma1111009 (data as of October 1, 2026).