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Hosking Sales Cafe

At a glance

Hosking Sales Cafe (PWSID NY0804454) is an active transient non-community water system in Chenango County, New York. It reports serving 30 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; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2012.

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

Population served

30

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY0804454
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served30
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program
City servedColumbus (T)
StateNew York
ZIP—
CountyChenango County

How does Hosking Sales Cafe compare with other water systems in Chenango County?

By EPA's size categories, Hosking Sales Cafe is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Chenango County has 99 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 282 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 27,940 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 Hosking Sales Cafe 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 Hosking Sales Cafe?

EPA lists Hosking Sales Cafe 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. 72 of the 99 active systems in Chenango County (73%) are also privately owned.

Does Hosking Sales Cafe have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2012. The violations listed here began between July 2002 and September 2012. By type: 9 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 11 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2012-09-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2012-06-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2012-05-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2012-01-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2011-05-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2011-02-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2011-01-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2010-12-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2010-12-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2002-07-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved
2002-07-01Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100YesResolved

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.

Hosking Sales Cafe: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hosking Sales Cafe?

Hosking Sales Cafe (PWSID NY0804454) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Hosking Sales Cafe serve?

Hosking Sales Cafe reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection in Chenango County, New York.

Where does Hosking Sales Cafe 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 Hosking Sales Cafe have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2012. 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 Hosking Sales Cafe'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; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in September 2012. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hosking Sales Cafe's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hosking Sales Cafe 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 Chenango County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Norwich CityChenango8,000CommunitySurface water
Greene VillageChenango1,800CommunityGroundwater
Oxford VillageChenango1,738CommunityGroundwater
Bainbridge VillageChenango1,550CommunityGroundwater
Sherburne VillageChenango1,531CommunityGroundwater
New Berlin VillageChenango1,500CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Hosking Sales Cafe, PWSID NY0804454, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/hosking-sales-cafe-ny0804454 (data as of October 1, 2026).