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St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care)

At a glance

St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) (PWSID NY1030054) is an active community water system in Columbia County, New York. It reports serving 35 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNY1030054

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served35

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedKinderhook (V)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyColumbia County

How does St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) compare with other water systems in Columbia County?

By EPA's size categories, St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Columbia County has 205 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 529 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 108,444 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 community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. New York has 2,281 active community water systems, 28% 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 St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care)?

EPA lists St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) 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. 177 of the 205 active systems in Columbia County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and August 2025. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting, 2 monitoring and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 11 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2022-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-07-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Fluoridecode 1025	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nickelcode 1036	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Antimonycode 1074	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Seleniumcode 1045	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Bariumcode 1010	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Chromiumcode 1020	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Cyanidecode 1024	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Thalliumcode 1085	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Cadmiumcode 1015	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.

St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care): frequently asked questions

Who runs St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care)?

St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) (PWSID NY1030054) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) serve?

St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) reports serving 35 people through 2 service connections in Columbia County, New York.

Where does St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) 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 St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 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 St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care)'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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in August 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care)'s water quality report?

As a community water system, St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care) must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Columbia County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Chatham Fair Water Distribution	Columbia	53,700	Transient non-community	Purchased groundwater
Martin Van Buren Historical House	Columbia	10,000	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Hudson City	Columbia	6,750	Community	Surface water
Greenport Wd No1	Columbia	4,050	Community	Groundwater
Taconic Hills School	Columbia	2,500	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Lake Taghkanic State Park	Columbia	2,500	Transient non-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, “St. Josephs Novitiate(Abc Care), PWSID NY1030054, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/st-josephs-novitiate-abc-care-ny1030054 (data as of October 1, 2026).