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Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn

At a glance

Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn (PWSID NY0930222) is an active transient non-community water system in Clinton County, New York. It reports serving 1,000 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024.

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

Population served

1,000

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY0930222
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served1,000
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program
City servedAltona (T)
StateNew York
ZIP—
CountyClinton County

How does Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn compare with other water systems in Clinton County?

By EPA's size categories, Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Clinton County has 161 active public water systems. Its population served is about 49% above the county average of 670 people per system, and accounts for 0.9% of the 107,808 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 Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn is about 6.9 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 Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn?

EPA lists Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn 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. 117 of the 161 active systems in Clinton County (73%) are also privately owned.

Does Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. By type: 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved is Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 as resolved. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2024-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

The one violation in EPA's records.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.

Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn: frequently asked questions

Who runs Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn?

Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn (PWSID NY0930222) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn serve?

Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn reports serving 1,000 people through 1 service connection in Clinton County, New York.

Where does Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn 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 Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 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 Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn'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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn 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 Clinton County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Clinton County FairClinton25,000Transient non-communityPurchased groundwater
Plattsburgh CityClinton24,173CommunitySurface water
Plattsburgh Consolidated Water DistrictClinton11,162CommunityGroundwater
Clinton Correctional FacilityClinton3,001CommunityGroundwater
Airborne SpeedwayClinton3,000Transient non-communityGroundwater
Champlain VillageClinton2,947CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn, PWSID NY0930222, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/rainbow-sys-3-brookside-barn-ny0930222 (data as of October 1, 2026).