Public water system · PA2350345

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Kays Restaurant

At a glance

Kays Restaurant (PWSID PA2350345) is an active transient non-community water system in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 70 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2018.

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

PWSIDPA2350345

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served70

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyPA state drinking water program

City served—

StatePennsylvania

ZIP—

CountyLackawanna County

How does Kays Restaurant compare with other water systems in Lackawanna County?

By EPA's size categories, Kays Restaurant is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lackawanna County has 113 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,549 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 174,995 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 Kays Restaurant is about half of 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 Kays Restaurant?

EPA lists Kays Restaurant 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. 94 of the 113 active systems in Lackawanna County (83%) are also privately owned.

Does Kays Restaurant have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2018. The violations listed here began between December 1979 and January 2018. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting, 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (3 of them). EPA lists 8 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
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2017-02-14	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2017-01-12	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2017-01-04	ReportingReporting, Assessment Forms (RTCR) · code 4A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-11-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR) · code 1A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2016-04-25	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2016-04-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSample Siting Plan Errors (RTCR) · code 5A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
1993-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1980-12-23	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1979-12-24	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

All 11 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.

Kays Restaurant: frequently asked questions

Who runs Kays Restaurant?

Kays Restaurant (PWSID PA2350345) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.

How many people does Kays Restaurant serve?

Kays Restaurant reports serving 70 people through 1 service connection in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

Where does Kays 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 Kays Restaurant have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2018. 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 Kays 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 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2018. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Kays Restaurant's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Kays 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 Lackawanna County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Pa Amer Water Co Lake Scranton	Lackawanna	137,142	Community	Surface water
Pa Amer Water Co Brownell	Lackawanna	12,560	Community	Surface water
Eagle Lake Community Assoc	Lackawanna	3,500	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Pa Amer Water Co Fallbrook	Lackawanna	2,851	Community	Surface water
North Pocono Middle School	Lackawanna	1,149	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
North Pocono High School	Lackawanna	1,100	Non-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, “Kays Restaurant, PWSID PA2350345, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/kays-restaurant-pa2350345 (data as of October 1, 2026).