Public water system · MA2147002

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Ymca Camp Lowe

At a glance

Ymca Camp Lowe (PWSID MA2147002) is an active transient non-community water system in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2025.

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

Population served

200

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMA2147002

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served200

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMA state drinking water program

City servedLancaster

StateMassachusetts

ZIP01523

CountyWorcester County

How does Ymca Camp Lowe compare with other water systems in Worcester County?

By EPA's size categories, Ymca Camp Lowe is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Worcester County has 346 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,239 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 774,523 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 Ymca Camp Lowe is about 39% above 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 Ymca Camp Lowe?

EPA lists Ymca Camp Lowe 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. 252 of the 346 active systems in Worcester County (73%) are also privately owned.

Does Ymca Camp Lowe have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2025. The violations listed here began between July 1993 and June 2025. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting, 1 monitoring, 1 required treatment not met and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (4 of them). EPA lists 6 as resolved and 4 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
2025-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2D	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2019-06-18	ReportingReport Startup Procedures Cert Form (RTCR) · code 4C	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2004-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1997-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1997-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1997-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1994-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1993-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

All 10 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.

Ymca Camp Lowe: frequently asked questions

Who runs Ymca Camp Lowe?

Ymca Camp Lowe (PWSID MA2147002) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MA state drinking water program.

How many people does Ymca Camp Lowe serve?

Ymca Camp Lowe reports serving 200 people through 1 service connection in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Where does Ymca Camp Lowe 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 Ymca Camp Lowe have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2025. 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 Ymca Camp Lowe'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 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Ymca Camp Lowe's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Ymca Camp Lowe 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 Worcester County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Worcester Dpwp, Water Supply Division	Worcester	206,518	Community	Surface water
Fitchburg Dpw Division of Water Supply	Worcester	41,946	Community	Surface water
Leominster Water Division	Worcester	41,683	Community	Surface water
Shrewsbury Water Department	Worcester	38,325	Community	Groundwater
Milford Water Department	Worcester	30,379	Community	Surface water
Westborough Water Department	Worcester	21,567	Community	Surface water

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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, “Ymca Camp Lowe, PWSID MA2147002, Massachusetts”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/massachusetts/ymca-camp-lowe-ma2147002 (data as of October 1, 2026).