Public water system · WA5388894
ActiveTouchet Valley Baptist Camp
At a glance
Touchet Valley Baptist Camp (PWSID WA5388894) is an active transient non-community water system in Columbia County, Washington. It reports serving 40 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 1999.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
40
Service connections
3
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Touchet Valley Baptist Camp compare with other water systems in Columbia County?
By EPA's size categories, Touchet Valley Baptist Camp is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Columbia County has 13 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 364 people per system, and accounts for 0.8% of the 4,729 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Washington, the 4,705 active systems average 2,172 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Touchet Valley Baptist Camp 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. Washington has 1,913 active transient non-community water systems, 41% of the state's 4,705 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 4,370 Washington systems (93%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Touchet Valley Baptist Camp?
EPA lists Touchet Valley Baptist Camp as privately owned. The WA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 8 of the 13 active systems in Columbia County (62%) are also privately owned.
Does Touchet Valley Baptist Camp have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 1999. The violations listed here began between October 1994 and February 1999. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (2 of them). EPA lists 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-02-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
| 1994-10-19 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 2 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.
Touchet Valley Baptist Camp: frequently asked questions
Who runs Touchet Valley Baptist Camp?
Touchet Valley Baptist Camp (PWSID WA5388894) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WA state drinking water program.
How many people does Touchet Valley Baptist Camp serve?
Touchet Valley Baptist Camp reports serving 40 people through 3 service connections in Columbia County, Washington.
Where does Touchet Valley Baptist Camp 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 Touchet Valley Baptist Camp have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 1999. 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 Touchet Valley Baptist Camp'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 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 1999. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Touchet Valley Baptist Camp's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Touchet Valley Baptist Camp 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 Columbia County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton Water Department | Columbia | 3,374 | Community | Groundwater |
| Bluewood Ski Area | Columbia | 532 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Lewis & Clark Trail State Park | Columbia | 239 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Starbuck City of | Columbia | 147 | Community | Groundwater |
| Camp Wooten State Park | Columbia | 131 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Alston Country Store | Columbia | 90 | 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, “Touchet Valley Baptist Camp, PWSID WA5388894, Washington”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/washington/touchet-valley-baptist-camp-wa5388894 (data as of October 1, 2026).