Public water system · PA7360842

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Pinch Pond

At a glance

Pinch Pond (PWSID PA7360842) is an active transient non-community water system in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 250 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025.

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

Population served

250

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDPA7360842

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served250

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyPA state drinking water program

City served—

StatePennsylvania

ZIP—

CountyLancaster County

How does Pinch Pond compare with other water systems in Lancaster County?

By EPA's size categories, Pinch Pond 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 Pinch Pond is about 74% above 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 Pinch Pond?

EPA lists Pinch Pond 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 Pinch Pond have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between December 1979 and January 2025. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting, 2 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (3 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved and 1 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
2025-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-02-18	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2017-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-04-25	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
2000-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1996-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1996-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
1979-12-24	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

All 9 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.

Pinch Pond: frequently asked questions

Who runs Pinch Pond?

Pinch Pond (PWSID PA7360842) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.

How many people does Pinch Pond serve?

Pinch Pond reports serving 250 people through 1 service connection in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Where does Pinch Pond 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 Pinch Pond have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 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 Pinch Pond'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Pinch Pond's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Pinch Pond 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, “Pinch Pond, PWSID PA7360842, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/pinch-pond-pa7360842 (data as of October 1, 2026).