Public water system · NY3530303

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Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream

At a glance

Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream (PWSID NY3530303) is an active transient non-community water system in Orange County, New York. It reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection. 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 November 2023.

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

PWSIDNY3530303

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedBlooming Grove (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyOrange County

How does Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream compare with other water systems in Orange County?

By EPA's size categories, Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Orange County has 451 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 921 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 415,298 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 Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream 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 Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream?

EPA lists Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream 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. 328 of the 451 active systems in Orange County (73%) are also privately owned.

Does Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2023. The violations listed here began between January 2018 and November 2023. By type: 8 monitoring, 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (8 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 2 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
2023-11-26	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2022-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2021-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	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.

Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream: frequently asked questions

Who runs Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream?

Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream (PWSID NY3530303) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream serve?

Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Orange County, New York.

Where does Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream 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 Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2023. 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 Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream'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 November 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream 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 Orange County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Kiryas Joel	Orange	51,623	Community	Groundwater
Middletown City	Orange	30,000	Community	Surface water
Newburgh City	Orange	29,000	Community	Surface water
New Windsor Consolidated Wd	Orange	25,667	Community	Purchased surface water
Newburgh Consolidated Wd	Orange	22,282	Community	Surface water
Wallkill Consolidated Wd	Orange	18,450	Community	Groundwater under influence of 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, “Clarkes Cafe and Ice Cream, PWSID NY3530303, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/clarkes-cafe-and-ice-cream-ny3530303 (data as of October 1, 2026).