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General Herkimer Homestead

At a glance

General Herkimer Homestead (PWSID NY2119085) is an active transient non-community water system in Herkimer County, New York. It reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a state government. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 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

PWSIDNY2119085

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections3

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeState government

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedDanube (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyHerkimer County

How does General Herkimer Homestead compare with other water systems in Herkimer County?

By EPA's size categories, General Herkimer Homestead is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Herkimer County has 123 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 391 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 48,130 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 General Herkimer Homestead 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 General Herkimer Homestead?

EPA lists General Herkimer Homestead as owned by a state government. 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. 5 of the 123 active systems in Herkimer County (4.1%) are also owned by a state government.

Does General Herkimer Homestead have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between January 1998 and October 2025. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting, 4 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 8 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
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2014-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2012-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-01-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10	Not reported	No	Resolved
1998-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

All 10 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.

General Herkimer Homestead: frequently asked questions

Who runs General Herkimer Homestead?

General Herkimer Homestead (PWSID NY2119085) is a transient non-community water system owned by a state government. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does General Herkimer Homestead serve?

General Herkimer Homestead reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections in Herkimer County, New York.

Where does General Herkimer Homestead 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 General Herkimer Homestead have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 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 General Herkimer Homestead'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 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find General Herkimer Homestead's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. General Herkimer Homestead 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 Herkimer County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Ilion (V) Water Works	Herkimer	8,053	Community	Surface water
Herkimer Village	Herkimer	7,606	Community	Surface water
Little Falls City	Herkimer	4,605	Community	Surface water
Frankfort (V) Water Works	Herkimer	2,995	Community	Groundwater
Mohawk (V) Water Works	Herkimer	2,985	Community	Groundwater
Nys Thruway - Indian Castle/Iroquois	Herkimer	2,780	Non-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, “General Herkimer Homestead, PWSID NY2119085, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/general-herkimer-homestead-ny2119085 (data as of October 1, 2026).