Public water system · NY4111847

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Herberts East/ Birch Hill

At a glance

Herberts East/ Birch Hill (PWSID NY4111847) is an active transient non-community water system in Rensselaer County, New York. It reports serving 200 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, 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 October 2025.

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

Population served

200

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY4111847

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served200

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedSchodack (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyRensselaer County

How does Herberts East/ Birch Hill compare with other water systems in Rensselaer County?

By EPA's size categories, Herberts East/ Birch Hill is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Rensselaer County has 146 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 926 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 135,123 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 Herberts East/ Birch Hill is about 39% above 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 Herberts East/ Birch Hill?

EPA lists Herberts East/ Birch Hill 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. 116 of the 146 active systems in Rensselaer County (79%) are also privately owned.

Does Herberts East/ Birch Hill have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2019 and October 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (11 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
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-04-01	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
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2022-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-07-01	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

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.

Herberts East/ Birch Hill: frequently asked questions

Who runs Herberts East/ Birch Hill?

Herberts East/ Birch Hill (PWSID NY4111847) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Herberts East/ Birch Hill serve?

Herberts East/ Birch Hill reports serving 200 people through 2 service connections in Rensselaer County, New York.

Where does Herberts East/ Birch Hill 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 Herberts East/ Birch Hill 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 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 Herberts East/ Birch Hill'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 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 Herberts East/ Birch Hill's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Herberts East/ Birch Hill 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 Rensselaer County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Troy City Pws	Rensselaer	51,401	Community	Surface water
East Greenbush General W.D.	Rensselaer	15,843	Community	Purchased surface water
North Greenbush Consolidated District	Rensselaer	10,226	Community	Purchased surface water
Rensselaer City Pws	Rensselaer	9,300	Community	Purchased surface water
Brunswick Consolidated Water District	Rensselaer	7,050	Community	Purchased surface water
Hoosick Falls (V) Pws	Rensselaer	4,925	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, “Herberts East/ Birch Hill, PWSID NY4111847, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/herberts-east-birch-hill-ny4111847 (data as of October 1, 2026).