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Colebrook Tavern

At a glance

Colebrook Tavern (PWSID PA7381027) is an active transient non-community water system in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2017.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDPA7381027

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyPA state drinking water program

City served—

StatePennsylvania

ZIP—

CountyLebanon County

How does Colebrook Tavern compare with other water systems in Lebanon County?

By EPA's size categories, Colebrook Tavern is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lebanon County has 105 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 947 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 99,423 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Pennsylvania, the 7,217 active systems average 1,741 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Colebrook Tavern 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. Pennsylvania has 4,429 active transient non-community water systems, 61% 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 Colebrook Tavern?

EPA lists Colebrook Tavern 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. 70 of the 105 active systems in Lebanon County (67%) are also privately owned.

Does Colebrook Tavern have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2017. The violations listed here began between December 1983 and January 2017. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 required treatment not met and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (4 of them). EPA lists 7 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2017-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2016-10-09	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2016-08-29	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2016-04-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSample Siting Plan Errors (RTCR) · code 5A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2000-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1986-12-24	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1986-04-03	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01	Nitratecode 1040	Yes	Archived
1983-12-24	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Check/Repeat/Confirmation · code 04	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

All 10 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.

Colebrook Tavern: frequently asked questions

Who runs Colebrook Tavern?

Colebrook Tavern (PWSID PA7381027) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.

How many people does Colebrook Tavern serve?

Colebrook Tavern reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Where does Colebrook Tavern 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 Colebrook Tavern have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 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 Colebrook Tavern'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 10 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2017. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Colebrook Tavern's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Colebrook Tavern 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 Lebanon County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Lebanon Water Auth	Lebanon	57,000	Community	Surface water
Myerstown Water Auth	Lebanon	9,500	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
Borough of Cornwall	Lebanon	3,343	Community	Purchased surface water
Fort Indiantown Gap	Lebanon	3,100	Community	Purchased surface water
Newmanstown Water Auth	Lebanon	2,335	Community	Groundwater
Richland Boro Water Supply	Lebanon	1,700	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, “Colebrook Tavern, PWSID PA7381027, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/colebrook-tavern-pa7381027 (data as of October 1, 2026).