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Emmons Farms

At a glance

Emmons Farms (PWSID NY3805393) is an active community water system in Otsego County, New York. It reports serving 40 people through 19 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNY3805393

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served40

Service connections19

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedOneonta (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyOtsego County

How does Emmons Farms compare with other water systems in Otsego County?

By EPA's size categories, Emmons Farms is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Otsego County has 190 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 239 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 45,410 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 community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Emmons Farms is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. New York has 2,281 active community water systems, 28% 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 Emmons Farms?

EPA lists Emmons Farms 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. 156 of the 190 active systems in Otsego County (82%) are also privately owned.

Does Emmons Farms have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. The violations listed here began between April 1994 and August 2021. By type: 4 monitoring, 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 contaminant level above the legal limit and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 7 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
2021-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-01-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2011-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2011-01-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2002-03-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1994-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 9 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.

Emmons Farms: frequently asked questions

Who runs Emmons Farms?

Emmons Farms (PWSID NY3805393) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Emmons Farms serve?

Emmons Farms reports serving 40 people through 19 service connections in Otsego County, New York.

Where does Emmons Farms 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 Emmons Farms have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. 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 Emmons Farms' 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 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2021. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Emmons Farms' water quality report?

As a community water system, Emmons Farms must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Otsego County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Oneonta City	Otsego	15,954	Community	Surface water
Cooperstown Village	Otsego	1,926	Community	Surface water
Gilbert Lake State Pk	Otsego	1,320	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Richfield Springs Village	Otsego	1,200	Community	Surface water
Unadilla Village	Otsego	1,128	Community	Groundwater
Otego Village	Otsego	1,010	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, “Emmons Farms, PWSID NY3805393, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/emmons-farms-ny3805393 (data as of October 1, 2026).