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Buck Horn Lodge

At a glance

Buck Horn Lodge (PWSID NY1208261) is an active transient non-community water system in Delaware County, New York. It reports serving 51 people through 9 service connections. 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 April 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

PWSIDNY1208261

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served51

Service connections9

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedHancock (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyDelaware County

How does Buck Horn Lodge compare with other water systems in Delaware County?

By EPA's size categories, Buck Horn Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Delaware County has 136 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 228 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 30,983 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 Buck Horn Lodge 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. 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 Buck Horn Lodge?

EPA lists Buck Horn 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. 101 of the 136 active systems in Delaware County (74%) are also privately owned.

Does Buck Horn Lodge have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025. The violations listed here began between January 1995 and April 2025. By type: 10 monitoring and reporting and 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (6 of them). EPA lists 10 as archived and 2 as resolved. 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. 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
2025-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2011-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2008-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2000-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1999-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1998-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1998-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1996-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1996-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1995-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04	Nitratecode 1040	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.

Buck Horn Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Buck Horn Lodge?

Buck Horn Lodge (PWSID NY1208261) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Buck Horn Lodge serve?

Buck Horn Lodge reports serving 51 people through 9 service connections in Delaware County, New York.

Where does Buck Horn 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 Buck Horn Lodge 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 April 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 Buck Horn 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Buck Horn Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Buck Horn 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 Delaware County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Delhi Village	Delaware	3,833	Community	Groundwater
Sidney Village	Delaware	3,800	Community	Groundwater
Walton Village	Delaware	3,010	Community	Groundwater
Stamford Village	Delaware	1,280	Community	Surface water
Hancock Village	Delaware	1,182	Community	Groundwater
French Woods Arts Camp	Delaware	850	Transient non-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, “Buck Horn Lodge, PWSID NY1208261, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/buck-horn-lodge-ny1208261 (data as of October 1, 2026).