Public water system · PA2660424
ActiveHow Kola Campground
At a glance
How Kola Campground (PWSID PA2660424) is an active transient non-community water system in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 40 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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
40
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does How Kola Campground compare with other water systems in Wyoming County?
By EPA's size categories, How Kola Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wyoming County has 90 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 324 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 29,137 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 How Kola Campground 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 How Kola Campground?
EPA lists How Kola Campground 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. 65 of the 90 active systems in Wyoming County (72%) are also privately owned.
Does How Kola Campground have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2024. The violations listed here began between May 2019 and November 2024. By type: 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting, 2 reporting, 1 required treatment not met and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-11 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2024-08-11 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-11-27 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-10-17 | Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 2 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2B | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2023-10-17 | ReportingNotify Level 1/Level 2 Treatment Technique Violation, Correct Action (RTCR) · code 4F | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-10-10 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-07-18 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-05-05 | ReportingReport Startup Procedures Cert Form (RTCR) · code 4C | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-06-11 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-05-01 | 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.
How Kola Campground: frequently asked questions
Who runs How Kola Campground?
How Kola Campground (PWSID PA2660424) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.
How many people does How Kola Campground serve?
How Kola Campground reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Where does How Kola Campground 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 How Kola Campground have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 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 How Kola Campground'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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.
Where can I find How Kola Campground's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. How Kola Campground 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 Wyoming County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth | Wyoming | 5,349 | Community | Groundwater |
| Procter&Gamble Paper Products | Wyoming | 3,200 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Eaton Sewer & Water Co | Wyoming | 3,100 | Community | Groundwater |
| Aqua Pa Factoryville | Wyoming | 2,323 | Community | Groundwater |
| Symba Capital LLC | Wyoming | 1,000 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Rustic Creek Family Campground | Wyoming | 800 | 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, “How Kola Campground, PWSID PA2660424, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/how-kola-campground-pa2660424 (data as of October 1, 2026).