Public water system · NY1510648

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Three Bears Water Supply Inc.

At a glance

Three Bears Water Supply Inc. (PWSID NY1510648) is an active transient non-community water system in Essex County, New York. It reports serving 60 people through 20 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2021.

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

PWSIDNY1510648

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served60

Service connections20

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program

City servedSchroon (T)

StateNew York

ZIP—

CountyEssex County

How does Three Bears Water Supply Inc. compare with other water systems in Essex County?

By EPA's size categories, Three Bears Water Supply Inc. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Essex County has 137 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 322 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 44,127 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 Three Bears Water Supply Inc. is about 58% 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 Three Bears Water Supply Inc.?

EPA lists Three Bears Water Supply Inc. 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. 83 of the 137 active systems in Essex County (61%) are also privately owned.

Does Three Bears Water Supply Inc. have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2021. The violations listed here began between July 1998 and January 2021. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (8 of them). EPA lists 8 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
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2014-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2009-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2007-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2002-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1999-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1998-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 9 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.

Three Bears Water Supply Inc.: frequently asked questions

Who runs Three Bears Water Supply Inc.?

Three Bears Water Supply Inc. (PWSID NY1510648) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Three Bears Water Supply Inc. serve?

Three Bears Water Supply Inc. reports serving 60 people through 20 service connections in Essex County, New York.

Where does Three Bears Water Supply Inc. 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 Three Bears Water Supply Inc. have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2021. 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 Three Bears Water Supply Inc.'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2021. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Three Bears Water Supply Inc.'s water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Three Bears Water Supply Inc. 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 Essex County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Lake Placid V	Essex	5,000	Community	Surface water
Ticonderoga Wd	Essex	3,700	Community	Surface water
Moriah Wd	Essex	3,100	Community	Surface water
Schroon Lake Wd	Essex	2,750	Community	Groundwater
Adirondack Correctional Facility	Essex	2,400	Community	Surface water
Chesterfield Wd	Essex	2,300	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, “Three Bears Water Supply Inc., PWSID NY1510648, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/three-bears-water-supply-inc-ny1510648 (data as of October 1, 2026).