Public water system · PA2640017
ActiveAqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills
At a glance
Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills (PWSID PA2640017) is an active community water system in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 90 people through 41 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 July 2017.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
90
Service connections
41
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills compare with other water systems in Wayne County?
By EPA's size categories, Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wayne County has 200 active public water systems. Its population served is about 63% below the county average of 244 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 48,842 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Pennsylvania, the 7,217 active systems average 1,741 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills 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. Pennsylvania has 1,762 active community water systems, 24% of the state's 7,217 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 6,632 Pennsylvania systems (92%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills?
EPA lists Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills as privately owned. The PA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 187 of the 200 active systems in Wayne County (94%) are also privately owned.
Does Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2017. The violations listed here began between July 1984 and July 2017. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting and 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Chlorine (4 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2014-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2006-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2006-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2006-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Chlorinecode 0999 | No | Resolved |
| 2005-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 2004-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2003-10-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 1998-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 1997-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Resolved |
| 1988-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000 | No | Archived |
| 1984-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000 | No | Archived |
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.
Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills: frequently asked questions
Who runs Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills?
Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills (PWSID PA2640017) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.
How many people does Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills serve?
Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills reports serving 90 people through 41 service connections in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
Where does Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills 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 Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills 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 July 2017. 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 Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills' 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 July 2017. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills' water quality report?
As a community water system, Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills 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 Wayne County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Pa Water Co Honesdale | Wayne | 5,500 | Community | Groundwater |
| Roamingwood Sewer and Water | Wayne | 3,775 | Community | Groundwater |
| Aqua Pa Water Co Sci Waymart | Wayne | 3,200 | Community | Groundwater |
| Wallenpaupack Lake Estates | Wayne | 2,200 | Community | Groundwater |
| Aqua Pa Water Co Hawley | Wayne | 1,800 | Community | Groundwater |
| Camp Morasha | Wayne | 1,700 | Transient non-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, “Aqua Pa Water Co Garden Hills, PWSID PA2640017, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/aqua-pa-water-co-garden-hills-pa2640017 (data as of October 1, 2026).