Public water system · PA3060904
ActiveYellow House Hotel
At a glance
Yellow House Hotel (PWSID PA3060904) is an active transient non-community water system in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 120 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1983.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
120
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Yellow House Hotel compare with other water systems in Berks County?
By EPA's size categories, Yellow House Hotel is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Berks County has 471 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 799 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 376,539 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 Yellow House Hotel is about 17% 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 Yellow House Hotel?
EPA lists Yellow House Hotel 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. 346 of the 471 active systems in Berks County (73%) are also privately owned.
Does Yellow House Hotel have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1983. By type: 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved is Nitrate. EPA lists 1 as archived. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-12-24 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
The one violation in EPA's records.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.
Yellow House Hotel: frequently asked questions
Who runs Yellow House Hotel?
Yellow House Hotel (PWSID PA3060904) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.
How many people does Yellow House Hotel serve?
Yellow House Hotel reports serving 120 people through 1 service connection in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Where does Yellow House Hotel 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 Yellow House Hotel have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1983. 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 Yellow House Hotel'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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in December 1983. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Yellow House Hotel's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Yellow House Hotel 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 Berks County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Area Water Authority | Berks | 95,100 | Community | Surface water |
| Paw Penn District | Berks | 28,508 | Community | Groundwater |
| Paw Glen Alsace Div | Berks | 24,951 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Muhlenberg Twp Muni Auth | Berks | 22,400 | Community | Groundwater |
| Kutztown Borough Water | Berks | 14,200 | Community | Groundwater under influence of surface water |
| Shillington Muni Auth | Berks | 13,300 | Community | Purchased 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, “Yellow House Hotel, PWSID PA3060904, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/yellow-house-hotel-pa3060904 (data as of October 1, 2026).