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Massawepie Scout Camps

At a glance

Massawepie Scout Camps (PWSID NY4413932) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Lawrence County, New York. It reports serving 600 people through 4 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 January 2025.

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

Population served

600

Service connections

4

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY4413932
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served600
Service connections4
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program
City servedPiercefield (T)
StateNew York
ZIP—
CountySt. Lawrence County

How does Massawepie Scout Camps compare with other water systems in St. Lawrence County?

By EPA's size categories, Massawepie Scout Camps is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). St. Lawrence County has 229 active public water systems. Its population served is about 69% above the county average of 354 people per system, and accounts for 0.7% of the 81,125 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 Massawepie Scout Camps is about 4.2 times 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 Massawepie Scout Camps?

EPA lists Massawepie Scout Camps 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. 183 of the 229 active systems in St. Lawrence County (80%) are also privately owned.

Does Massawepie Scout Camps have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between August 2008 and January 2025. By type: 6 monitoring, 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 3 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-01-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2022-08-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2022-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2017-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2016-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoArchived
2011-11-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2009-03-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2009-01-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2008-08-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2008-08-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2008-08-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved

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.

Massawepie Scout Camps: frequently asked questions

Who runs Massawepie Scout Camps?

Massawepie Scout Camps (PWSID NY4413932) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Massawepie Scout Camps serve?

Massawepie Scout Camps reports serving 600 people through 4 service connections in St. Lawrence County, New York.

Where does Massawepie Scout Camps 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 Massawepie Scout Camps 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 January 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 Massawepie Scout Camps' 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 January 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Massawepie Scout Camps' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Massawepie Scout Camps 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 St. Lawrence County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Massena VillageSt. Lawrence16,729CommunitySurface water
Ogdensburg CitySt. Lawrence10,064CommunitySurface water
Potsdam VillageSt. Lawrence8,312CommunitySurface water
Canton VillageSt. Lawrence7,055CommunityGroundwater
GouverneurSt. Lawrence4,263CommunitySurface water
East Louisville Water DistrictSt. Lawrence3,235CommunitySurface 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, “Massawepie Scout Camps, PWSID NY4413932, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/massawepie-scout-camps-ny4413932 (data as of October 1, 2026).