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Sunset Inn Restaurant

At a glance

Sunset Inn Restaurant (PWSID OH4537112) is an active transient non-community water system in Licking County, Ohio. It reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023.

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

Population served

100

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOH4537112
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served100
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyOH state drinking water program
City served—
StateOhio
ZIP—
CountyLicking County

How does Sunset Inn Restaurant compare with other water systems in Licking County?

By EPA's size categories, Sunset Inn Restaurant is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Licking County has 79 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,596 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 126,099 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 Sunset Inn Restaurant is about 31% 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 Sunset Inn Restaurant?

EPA lists Sunset Inn Restaurant 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. 68 of the 79 active systems in Licking County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Sunset Inn Restaurant have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. The violations listed here began between January 1996 and April 2023. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 3 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2023-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoArchived
1996-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1996-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
1996-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

All 4 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.

Sunset Inn Restaurant: frequently asked questions

Who runs Sunset Inn Restaurant?

Sunset Inn Restaurant (PWSID OH4537112) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OH state drinking water program.

How many people does Sunset Inn Restaurant serve?

Sunset Inn Restaurant reports serving 100 people through 1 service connection in Licking County, Ohio.

Where does Sunset Inn Restaurant 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 Sunset Inn Restaurant have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. 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 Sunset Inn Restaurant'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 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Sunset Inn Restaurant's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sunset Inn Restaurant 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 Licking County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Newark City PwsLicking49,934CommunitySurface water
Licking Regional Water DistrictLicking17,818CommunityGroundwater
City of Heath PwsLicking10,310CommunityGroundwater
Pataskala CityLicking9,900CommunityGroundwater
Granville, Village ofLicking5,946CommunityGroundwater
Johnstown City PwsLicking5,200CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Sunset Inn Restaurant, PWSID OH4537112, Ohio”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/ohio/sunset-inn-restaurant-oh4537112 (data as of October 1, 2026).