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Village Taqueria

At a glance

Village Taqueria (PWSID NY5403788) is an active transient non-community water system in Tompkins County, New York. It reports serving 220 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2018.

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

Population served

220

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNY5403788
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served220
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNY state drinking water program
City servedDryden (T)
StateNew York
ZIP—
CountyTompkins County

How does Village Taqueria compare with other water systems in Tompkins County?

By EPA's size categories, Village Taqueria is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Tompkins County has 111 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 927 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 102,856 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 Village Taqueria is about 53% above 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 Village Taqueria?

EPA lists Village Taqueria 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. 90 of the 111 active systems in Tompkins County (81%) are also privately owned.

Does Village Taqueria have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2018. The violations listed here began between January 1993 and April 2018. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (3 of them). EPA lists 3 as resolved and 3 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2018-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2009-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2009-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1994-06-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoArchived
1993-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived
1993-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived

All 6 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.

Village Taqueria: frequently asked questions

Who runs Village Taqueria?

Village Taqueria (PWSID NY5403788) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NY state drinking water program.

How many people does Village Taqueria serve?

Village Taqueria reports serving 220 people through 1 service connection in Tompkins County, New York.

Where does Village Taqueria 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 Village Taqueria have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2018. 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 Village Taqueria'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 6 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2018. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NY state drinking water program.

Where can I find Village Taqueria's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Village Taqueria 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 Tompkins County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Cornell UniversityTompkins31,581CommunitySurface water
Ithaca CityTompkins29,457CommunitySurface water
Ithaca Town WdTompkins13,000CommunityPurchased surface water
Cayuga Heights VillageTompkins3,170CommunityPurchased surface water
Lansing (V)Tompkins3,100CommunityPurchased surface water
Lansing (T) Consolidated WdTompkins3,000CommunityPurchased 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, “Village Taqueria, PWSID NY5403788, New York”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-york/village-taqueria-ny5403788 (data as of October 1, 2026).