Public water system · NY4430003
ActiveButter Nut Cove Cottages
At a glance
Butter Nut Cove Cottages (PWSID NY4430003) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Lawrence County, New York. It reports serving 25 people through 4 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
4
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Butter Nut Cove Cottages compare with other water systems in St. Lawrence County?
By EPA's size categories, Butter Nut Cove Cottages is a very small system (500 people or fewer). St. Lawrence County has 229 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 354 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 81,125 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 Butter Nut Cove Cottages 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 Butter Nut Cove Cottages?
EPA lists Butter Nut Cove Cottages 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. 183 of the 229 active systems in St. Lawrence County (80%) are also privately owned.
Does Butter Nut Cove Cottages have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004. The violations listed here began between October 1994 and April 2004. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminants or rules involved are Nitrate and Total coliform bacteria (TCR). EPA lists 2 as archived and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-04-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10 | Not reported | No | Resolved |
| 1998-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
| 1994-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 3 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.
Butter Nut Cove Cottages: frequently asked questions
Who runs Butter Nut Cove Cottages?
Butter Nut Cove Cottages (PWSID NY4430003) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.
How many people does Butter Nut Cove Cottages serve?
Butter Nut Cove Cottages reports serving 25 people through 4 service connections in St. Lawrence County, New York.
Where does Butter Nut Cove Cottages 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 Butter Nut Cove Cottages have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004. 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 Butter Nut Cove Cottages' 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 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.
Where can I find Butter Nut Cove Cottages' water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Butter Nut Cove Cottages 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 St. Lawrence County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massena Village | St. Lawrence | 16,729 | Community | Surface water |
| Ogdensburg City | St. Lawrence | 10,064 | Community | Surface water |
| Potsdam Village | St. Lawrence | 8,312 | Community | Surface water |
| Canton Village | St. Lawrence | 7,055 | Community | Groundwater |
| Gouverneur | St. Lawrence | 4,263 | Community | Surface water |
| East Louisville Water District | St. Lawrence | 3,235 | 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, “Butter Nut Cove Cottages, PWSID NY4430003, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/butter-nut-cove-cottages-ny4430003 (data as of October 1, 2026).