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Meads Cottages

At a glance

Meads Cottages (PWSID NY5619471) is an active transient non-community water system in Warren County, New York. It reports serving 250 people through 65 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024.

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

Population served

250

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY5619471

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served250

Service connections65

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedHoricon (T)

StateNew York

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CountyWarren County

How does Meads Cottages compare with other water systems in Warren County?

By EPA's size categories, Meads Cottages is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Warren County has 233 active public water systems. Its population served is about 29% below the county average of 350 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 81,539 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 Meads Cottages is about 74% 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 Meads Cottages?

EPA lists Meads Cottages 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. 211 of the 233 active systems in Warren County (91%) are also privately owned.

Does Meads Cottages have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024. The violations listed here began between May 1998 and July 2024. By type: 7 monitoring, 1 monitoring and reporting, 1 contaminant level above the legal limit and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 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
2024-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2016-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2010-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2010-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Acute (TCR) · code 21	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
1998-05-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10	Not reported	No	Resolved

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.

Meads Cottages: frequently asked questions

Who runs Meads Cottages?

Meads Cottages (PWSID NY5619471) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Meads Cottages serve?

Meads Cottages reports serving 250 people through 65 service connections in Warren County, New York.

Where does Meads Cottages 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 Meads Cottages have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024. 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 Meads Cottages' 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; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Meads Cottages' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Meads Cottages 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 Warren County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Queensbury Water District	Warren	21,200	Community	Surface water
Glens Falls City	Warren	14,000	Community	Surface water
Warrensburg Water District	Warren	3,600	Community	Groundwater
Lake Luzerne Water District	Warren	2,500	Community	Groundwater
Rogers Rock State Campsite	Warren	2,378	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Lake George Village	Warren	1,800	Community	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, “Meads Cottages, PWSID NY5619471, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/meads-cottages-ny5619471 (data as of October 1, 2026).