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Bemus Point Lodge

At a glance

Bemus Point Lodge (PWSID NY0611645) is an active transient non-community water system in Chautauqua County, New York. It reports serving 40 people through 13 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.

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

PWSIDNY0611645

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served40

Service connections13

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedEllery (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyChautauqua County

How does Bemus Point Lodge compare with other water systems in Chautauqua County?

By EPA's size categories, Bemus Point Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Chautauqua County has 193 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 654 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 126,295 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across New York, the 8,167 active systems average 2,374 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Bemus Point Lodge is well 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. New York has 5,182 active transient non-community water systems, 63% of the state's 8,167 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 7,096 New York systems (87%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Bemus Point Lodge?

EPA lists Bemus Point Lodge as privately owned. The NY state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 166 of the 193 active systems in Chautauqua County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Bemus Point Lodge have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between February 2012 and October 2025. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting and 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (9 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2013-02-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-02-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 11 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.

Bemus Point Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Bemus Point Lodge?

Bemus Point Lodge (PWSID NY0611645) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Bemus Point Lodge serve?

Bemus Point Lodge reports serving 40 people through 13 service connections in Chautauqua County, New York.

Where does Bemus Point Lodge 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 Bemus Point Lodge have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 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 Bemus Point Lodge'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 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Bemus Point Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Bemus Point Lodge 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 Chautauqua County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Jamestown Bpu	Chautauqua	46,712	Community	Groundwater
Dunkirk City	Chautauqua	12,743	Community	Surface water
Fredonia Village	Chautauqua	9,585	Community	Surface water
Chautauqua Utility District	Chautauqua	9,000	Community	Surface water
Westfield Village and Town	Chautauqua	3,890	Community	Surface water
North Chautauqua County Water District	Chautauqua	3,100	Community	Purchased 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, “Bemus Point Lodge, PWSID NY0611645, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/bemus-point-lodge-ny0611645 (data as of October 1, 2026).