Public water system · OH4945412
ActivePrairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws
At a glance
Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws (PWSID OH4945412) is an active transient non-community water system in Madison County, Ohio. It reports serving 37 people through 3 service connections. 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 February 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
37
Service connections
3
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws compare with other water systems in Madison County?
By EPA's size categories, Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Madison County has 53 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 798 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 42,314 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Ohio, the 3,854 active systems average 2,767 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws is well 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. Ohio has 2,282 active transient non-community water systems, 59% of the state's 3,854 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 3,446 Ohio systems (89%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws?
EPA lists Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws as privately owned. The OH state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 46 of the 53 active systems in Madison County (87%) are also privately owned.
Does Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in February 2024. By type: 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved is Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 as archived. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
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.
Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws: frequently asked questions
Who runs Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws?
Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws (PWSID OH4945412) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OH state drinking water program.
How many people does Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws serve?
Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws reports serving 37 people through 3 service connections in Madison County, Ohio.
Where does Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws 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 Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws 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 February 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 Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws' 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 February 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OH state drinking water program.
Where can I find Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws' water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws 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 Madison County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Ohio Wsd - Chrisman Avenue WTP | Madison | 10,256 | Community | Groundwater |
| Mid-Ohio Wsd - Old Springfield Road WTP | Madison | 5,176 | Community | Groundwater |
| West Jefferson Village Pws | Madison | 4,488 | Community | Groundwater |
| Mid-Ohio Wsd - Jackson Street WTP | Madison | 4,467 | Community | Groundwater |
| Travel Centers of America | Madison | 2,490 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Choctaw Utilities, Inc.. | Madison | 2,200 | Community | Groundwater |
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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, “Prairie Oaks Visitor Center Pws, PWSID OH4945412, Ohio”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/ohio/prairie-oaks-visitor-center-pws-oh4945412 (data as of October 1, 2026).