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Padmasambhava Buddhist Center

At a glance

Padmasambhava Buddhist Center (PWSID NY1230024) is an active transient non-community water system in Delaware County, New York. It reports serving 100 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025.

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

Population served

100

Service connections

3

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY1230024
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served100
Service connections3
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program
City servedTompkins (T)
StateNew York
ZIP—
CountyDelaware County

How does Padmasambhava Buddhist Center compare with other water systems in Delaware County?

By EPA's size categories, Padmasambhava Buddhist Center is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Delaware County has 136 active public water systems. Its population served is about 56% below the county average of 228 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 30,983 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 Padmasambhava Buddhist Center is about 31% 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 Padmasambhava Buddhist Center?

EPA lists Padmasambhava Buddhist Center 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. 101 of the 136 active systems in Delaware County (74%) are also privately owned.

Does Padmasambhava Buddhist Center have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025. The violations listed here began between July 2001 and April 2025. By type: 4 monitoring and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 5 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
2025-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2023-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2009-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2001-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoArchived

All 6 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.

Padmasambhava Buddhist Center: frequently asked questions

Who runs Padmasambhava Buddhist Center?

Padmasambhava Buddhist Center (PWSID NY1230024) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Padmasambhava Buddhist Center serve?

Padmasambhava Buddhist Center reports serving 100 people through 3 service connections in Delaware County, New York.

Where does Padmasambhava Buddhist Center 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 Padmasambhava Buddhist Center have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 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 Padmasambhava Buddhist Center'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 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Padmasambhava Buddhist Center's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Padmasambhava Buddhist Center 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 Delaware County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Delhi VillageDelaware3,833CommunityGroundwater
Sidney VillageDelaware3,800CommunityGroundwater
Walton VillageDelaware3,010CommunityGroundwater
Stamford VillageDelaware1,280CommunitySurface water
Hancock VillageDelaware1,182CommunityGroundwater
French Woods Arts CampDelaware850Transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, PWSID NY1230024, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/padmasambhava-buddhist-center-ny1230024 (data as of October 1, 2026).