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Trout Haven Lake Association

At a glance

Trout Haven Lake Association (PWSID NY4717153) is an active community water system in Schoharie County, New York. It reports serving 45 people through 22 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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024.

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

Population served

45

Service connections

22

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNY4717153
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served45
Service connections22
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program
City servedRichmondville (T)
StateNew York
ZIP—
CountySchoharie County

How does Trout Haven Lake Association compare with other water systems in Schoharie County?

By EPA's size categories, Trout Haven Lake Association is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Schoharie County has 66 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 306 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 20,190 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 Trout Haven Lake Association 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 Trout Haven Lake Association?

EPA lists Trout Haven Lake Association 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. 43 of the 66 active systems in Schoharie County (65%) are also privately owned.

Does Trout Haven Lake Association have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2024. The violations listed here began between April 2009 and October 2024. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting, 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (3 of them). EPA lists 12 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
2024-10-17ReportingLSL Reporting · code 4GLead and Copper Rule Revisionscode 5200NoResolved
2022-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3BRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2018-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950NoResolved
2018-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456NoResolved
2013-01-01Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2011-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2011-02-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2010-06-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2010-05-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherOperations Report · code 10Not reportedNoResolved
2010-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Chlorinecode 0999NoResolved
2010-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2009-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

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.

Trout Haven Lake Association: frequently asked questions

Who runs Trout Haven Lake Association?

Trout Haven Lake Association (PWSID NY4717153) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Trout Haven Lake Association serve?

Trout Haven Lake Association reports serving 45 people through 22 service connections in Schoharie County, New York.

Where does Trout Haven Lake Association 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 Trout Haven Lake Association 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 October 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 Trout Haven Lake Association'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 October 2024. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Trout Haven Lake Association's water quality report?

As a community water system, Trout Haven Lake Association 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 Schoharie County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Cobleskill VillageSchoharie4,678CommunitySurface water
Middleburgh VillageSchoharie1,500CommunityGroundwater
Warnerville Water District # 1Schoharie1,300CommunityPurchased surface water
Schoharie VillageSchoharie922CommunityGroundwater under influence of surface water
Richmondville VillageSchoharie918CommunitySurface water
C-R High SchoolSchoharie800Non-transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Trout Haven Lake Association, PWSID NY4717153, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/trout-haven-lake-association-ny4717153 (data as of October 1, 2026).