Public water system · PA7361092
ActiveCreekside Cafe
At a glance
Creekside Cafe (PWSID PA7361092) is an active transient non-community water system in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection. 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 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
50
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Creekside Cafe compare with other water systems in Lancaster County?
By EPA's size categories, Creekside Cafe is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lancaster County has 402 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,008 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 405,283 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 Creekside Cafe is about 65% 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 Creekside Cafe?
EPA lists Creekside Cafe 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. 292 of the 402 active systems in Lancaster County (73%) are also privately owned.
Does Creekside Cafe 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 2025. The violations listed here began between April 2016 and July 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Groundwater Rule (9 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-12-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-06-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2018-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2018-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
| 2018-09-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31 | Groundwater Rulecode 0700 | No | Resolved |
| 2016-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
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.
Creekside Cafe: frequently asked questions
Who runs Creekside Cafe?
Creekside Cafe (PWSID PA7361092) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.
How many people does Creekside Cafe serve?
Creekside Cafe reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Where does Creekside Cafe 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 Creekside Cafe 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 2025. 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 Creekside Cafe'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Creekside Cafe's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Creekside Cafe 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 Lancaster County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Lancaster | Lancaster | 120,000 | Community | Surface water |
| Columbia Water Co | Lancaster | 25,200 | Community | Surface water |
| Ephrata Area Joint Authority | Lancaster | 24,500 | Community | Surface water |
| East Hempfield Water Auth | Lancaster | 20,988 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Elizabethtown Area Water | Lancaster | 19,000 | Community | Surface water |
| Mt Joy Boro Auth | Lancaster | 15,261 | Community | Groundwater under influence of 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, “Creekside Cafe, PWSID PA7361092, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/creekside-cafe-pa7361092 (data as of October 1, 2026).