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Battle Creek Camping Resort

At a glance

Battle Creek Camping Resort (PWSID SD4602400) is an active transient non-community water system in Custer County, South Dakota. It reports serving 79 people through 3 service connections. 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 May 2025.

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

Population served

79

Service connections

3

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDSD4602400
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served79
Service connections3
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencySD state drinking water program
City servedHermosa
StateSouth Dakota
ZIP57747
CountyCuster County

How does Battle Creek Camping Resort compare with other water systems in Custer County?

By EPA's size categories, Battle Creek Camping Resort is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Custer County has 49 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 274 people per system, and accounts for 0.6% of the 13,414 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across South Dakota, the 699 active systems average 1,387 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Battle Creek Camping Resort 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. South Dakota has 173 active transient non-community water systems, 25% of the state's 699 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 431 South Dakota systems (62%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Battle Creek Camping Resort?

EPA lists Battle Creek Camping Resort as privately owned. The SD state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 27 of the 49 active systems in Custer County (55%) are also privately owned.

Does Battle Creek Camping Resort have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in May 2025. By type: 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved is Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

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.

Battle Creek Camping Resort: frequently asked questions

Who runs Battle Creek Camping Resort?

Battle Creek Camping Resort (PWSID SD4602400) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the SD state drinking water program.

How many people does Battle Creek Camping Resort serve?

Battle Creek Camping Resort reports serving 79 people through 3 service connections in Custer County, South Dakota.

Where does Battle Creek Camping Resort 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 Battle Creek Camping Resort 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 May 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 Battle Creek Camping Resort'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 May 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the SD state drinking water program.

Where can I find Battle Creek Camping Resort's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Battle Creek Camping Resort 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 Custer County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Laughing Water Restaurant at Crazy HCuster2,055Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
CusterCuster1,919CommunityGroundwater
Nps-Wind Cave National ParkCuster1,404Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Southern Black Hills WaterCuster + 1 more947CommunityGroundwater
Csp-Sylvan LakeCuster799Transient non-communityGroundwater
Csp-Game LodgeCuster541Transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Battle Creek Camping Resort, PWSID SD4602400, South Dakota”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/south-dakota/battle-creek-camping-resort-sd4602400 (data as of October 1, 2026).