Public water system · PA1150893
ActiveTurkey Hill Minute Mart #118
At a glance
Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 (PWSID PA1150893) is an active transient non-community water system in Chester County, Massachusetts. It reports serving 300 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
300
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 compare with other water systems in Chester County?
By EPA's size categories, Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Chester County has 4 active public water systems, and Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 is the 3rd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about half of the county average of 625 people per system, and accounts for 12% of the 2,500 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 Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 is about twice 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 Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118?
EPA lists Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 as privately owned. The PA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 4 of the 4 active systems in Chester County (100%) are also privately owned.
Does Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022. The violations listed here began between December 1983 and November 2022. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting, 1 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminants or rules involved are Revised Total Coliform Rule, Public Notice, Total coliform bacteria (TCR) and Nitrate. EPA lists 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2008-10-11 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2007-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1983-12-24 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
All 4 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.
Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118: frequently asked questions
Who runs Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118?
Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 (PWSID PA1150893) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.
How many people does Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 serve?
Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 reports serving 300 people through 1 service connection in Chester County, Massachusetts.
Where does Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 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 Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022. 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 Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118'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 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118 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 Chester County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill Minit Market #82 | Chester | 1,400 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Turkey Hill Minit Market #177 | Chester | 500 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Turkey Hill #261 | Chester | 300 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
Related pages
Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.
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, “Turkey Hill Minute Mart #118, PWSID PA1150893, Massachusetts”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/massachusetts/turkey-hill-minute-mart-118-pa1150893 (data as of October 1, 2026).