Public water system · MI2055411
ActivePaw Paw Lake Yacht Club
At a glance
Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club (PWSID MI2055411) is an active transient non-community water system in Berrien County, Michigan. It reports serving 100 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 February 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
100
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club compare with other water systems in Berrien County?
By EPA's size categories, Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Berrien County has 196 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 669 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 131,038 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Michigan, the 10,599 active systems average 847 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club is about 31% 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. Michigan has 7,865 active transient non-community water systems, 74% of the state's 10,599 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 10,214 Michigan systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club?
EPA lists Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club as privately owned. The MI state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 165 of the 196 active systems in Berrien County (84%) are also privately owned.
Does Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in February 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B | 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.
Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club: frequently asked questions
Who runs Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club?
Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club (PWSID MI2055411) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MI state drinking water program.
How many people does Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club serve?
Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection in Berrien County, Michigan.
Where does Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club 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 Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club 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 February 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 Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club'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 February 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MI state drinking water program.
Where can I find Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club 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 Berrien County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Michigan Regional Sanitary Sew | Berrien | 26,780 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Niles | Berrien | 14,215 | Community | Groundwater |
| Benton Harbor | Berrien | 9,103 | Community | Surface water |
| St Joseph | Berrien | 7,930 | Community | Surface water |
| Benton Charter Township | Berrien | 6,768 | Community | Surface water |
| Buchanan | Berrien | 4,871 | 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, “Paw Paw Lake Yacht Club, PWSID MI2055411, Michigan”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/michigan/paw-paw-lake-yacht-club-mi2055411 (data as of October 1, 2026).