Public water system · PA7670366
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At a glance
Touchstone Brewery (PWSID PA7670366) is an active transient non-community water system in York County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2022.
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 Touchstone Brewery compare with other water systems in York County?
By EPA's size categories, Touchstone Brewery is a very small system (500 people or fewer). York County has 198 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,960 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 388,008 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 Touchstone Brewery 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 Touchstone Brewery?
EPA lists Touchstone Brewery 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. 119 of the 198 active systems in York County (60%) are also privately owned.
Does Touchstone Brewery have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2022. The violations listed here began between December 2016 and April 2022. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminants or rules involved are Nitrate, Nitrite and Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitritecode 1041 | No | Resolved |
| 2016-12-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
All 3 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.
Touchstone Brewery: frequently asked questions
Who runs Touchstone Brewery?
Touchstone Brewery (PWSID PA7670366) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.
How many people does Touchstone Brewery serve?
Touchstone Brewery reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in York County, Pennsylvania.
Where does Touchstone Brewery 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 Touchstone Brewery have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2022. 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 Touchstone Brewery'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 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Touchstone Brewery's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Touchstone Brewery 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 York County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Water Co | York | 206,762 | Community | Surface water |
| Hanover Muni Water Works | York | 40,900 | Community | Surface water |
| Dover Twp Water Sys | York | 21,097 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Red Lion Municipal Authority | York | 15,882 | Community | Surface water |
| Dallastown Yoe Water Auth | York | 12,300 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| West Manchester Twp Auth | York | 9,960 | 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, “Touchstone Brewery, PWSID PA7670366, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/touchstone-brewery-pa7670366 (data as of October 1, 2026).