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Friendly Achers

At a glance

Friendly Achers (PWSID NY6112888) is an active transient non-community water system in Yates County, New York. It reports serving 40 people through 17 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater under influence of surface water, 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 August 2016.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater under influence of surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY6112888

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served40

Service connections17

Primary water sourceGroundwater under influence of surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedMilo (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyYates County

How does Friendly Achers compare with other water systems in Yates County?

By EPA's size categories, Friendly Achers is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Yates County has 67 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 293 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 19,649 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 Friendly Achers 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 under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules. 241 New York systems (3%) list groundwater under influence of surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Friendly Achers?

EPA lists Friendly Achers 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. 55 of the 67 active systems in Yates County (82%) are also privately owned.

Does Friendly Achers have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2016. The violations listed here began between May 2011 and August 2016. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting, 4 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (6 of them). EPA lists 12 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
2016-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2015-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2014-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2014-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-08-01	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
2011-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2011-05-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10	Not reported	No	Resolved

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.

Friendly Achers: frequently asked questions

Who runs Friendly Achers?

Friendly Achers (PWSID NY6112888) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Friendly Achers serve?

Friendly Achers reports serving 40 people through 17 service connections in Yates County, New York.

Where does Friendly Achers get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater under influence of surface water. Groundwater under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules.

Does Friendly Achers 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 August 2016. 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 Friendly Achers' 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 August 2016. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Friendly Achers' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Friendly Achers 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 Yates County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Penn Yan Village	Yates	5,248	Community	Surface water
Keuka Park Wd	Yates	3,000	Community	Purchased surface water
Dundee Village	Yates	1,765	Community	Groundwater
Milo Town Csa	Yates	1,416	Community	Purchased surface water
Windmill Farm Market	Yates	1,000	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Dresden Village	Yates	720	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, “Friendly Achers, PWSID NY6112888, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/friendly-achers-ny6112888 (data as of October 1, 2026).