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Pathfinder Lodge

At a glance

Pathfinder Lodge (PWSID NY3808439) is an active transient non-community water system in Otsego County, New York. It reports serving 150 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater under influence of surface water, 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 November 2025.

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

Population served

150

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater under influence of surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY3808439

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served150

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater under influence of surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedMiddlefield (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyOtsego County

How does Pathfinder Lodge compare with other water systems in Otsego County?

By EPA's size categories, Pathfinder Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Otsego County has 190 active public water systems. Its population served is about 37% below the county average of 239 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 45,410 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 Pathfinder Lodge is roughly in line with 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 under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules. 241 New York systems (3%) list groundwater under influence of surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Pathfinder Lodge?

EPA lists Pathfinder Lodge 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. 156 of the 190 active systems in Otsego County (82%) are also privately owned.

Does Pathfinder Lodge have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025. The violations listed here began between July 2021 and November 2025. By type: 12 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (12 of them). EPA lists 10 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
2025-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2024-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-08-01	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

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.

Pathfinder Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pathfinder Lodge?

Pathfinder Lodge (PWSID NY3808439) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Pathfinder Lodge serve?

Pathfinder Lodge reports serving 150 people through 1 service connection in Otsego County, New York.

Where does Pathfinder Lodge get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater under influence of surface water. Groundwater under the influence of surface water is well or spring water that the regulator has found to be affected by nearby surface water, so it is regulated under the surface-water treatment rules.

Does Pathfinder Lodge 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 November 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 Pathfinder Lodge'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 November 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pathfinder Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pathfinder Lodge 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 Otsego County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Oneonta City	Otsego	15,954	Community	Surface water
Cooperstown Village	Otsego	1,926	Community	Surface water
Gilbert Lake State Pk	Otsego	1,320	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Richfield Springs Village	Otsego	1,200	Community	Surface water
Unadilla Village	Otsego	1,128	Community	Groundwater
Otego Village	Otsego	1,010	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, “Pathfinder Lodge, PWSID NY3808439, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/pathfinder-lodge-ny3808439 (data as of October 1, 2026).