Public water system · NY1208181

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Postcard Cabins

At a glance

Postcard Cabins (PWSID NY1208181) is an active transient non-community water system in Delaware County, New York. It reports serving 46 people through 1 service connection. 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 May 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY1208181

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served46

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedColchester (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyDelaware County

How does Postcard Cabins compare with other water systems in Delaware County?

By EPA's size categories, Postcard Cabins is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Delaware County has 136 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 228 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% 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 Postcard Cabins 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 Postcard Cabins?

EPA lists Postcard Cabins 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 Postcard Cabins have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. The violations listed here began between December 2021 and May 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (11 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
2025-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2024-02-01	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	Archived
2023-06-01	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
2023-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-12-01	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.

Postcard Cabins: frequently asked questions

Who runs Postcard Cabins?

Postcard Cabins (PWSID NY1208181) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Postcard Cabins serve?

Postcard Cabins reports serving 46 people through 1 service connection in Delaware County, New York.

Where does Postcard Cabins 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 Postcard Cabins 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 May 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 Postcard Cabins' 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 May 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Postcard Cabins' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Postcard Cabins 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 system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Delhi Village	Delaware	3,833	Community	Groundwater
Sidney Village	Delaware	3,800	Community	Groundwater
Walton Village	Delaware	3,010	Community	Groundwater
Stamford Village	Delaware	1,280	Community	Surface water
Hancock Village	Delaware	1,182	Community	Groundwater
French Woods Arts Camp	Delaware	850	Transient non-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, “Postcard Cabins, PWSID NY1208181, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/postcard-cabins-ny1208181 (data as of October 1, 2026).