Public water system · WV9945055

Active

River Rest Campground

At a glance

River Rest Campground (PWSID WV9945055) is an active transient non-community water system in Summers County, West Virginia. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2026.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDWV9945055

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyWV state drinking water program

City servedAlderson

StateWest Virginia

ZIP—

CountySummers County

How does River Rest Campground compare with other water systems in Summers County?

By EPA's size categories, River Rest Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Summers County has 16 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,425 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 22,802 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across West Virginia, the 791 active systems average 2,032 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so River Rest Campground 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. West Virginia has 309 active transient non-community water systems, 39% of the state's 791 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 468 West Virginia systems (59%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates River Rest Campground?

EPA lists River Rest Campground as privately owned. The WV state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 12 of the 16 active systems in Summers County (75%) are also privately owned.

Does River Rest Campground have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2026. The violations listed here began between June 2025 and February 2026. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting and 2 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 of them). EPA lists 6 as unaddressed and 6 as archived. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. 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
2026-02-14	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2026-02-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2025-10-12	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-09-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2025-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Archived
2025-08-16	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2025-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Archived
2025-07-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Archived
2025-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR) · code 31	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Archived

The 12 most recent 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.

River Rest Campground: frequently asked questions

Who runs River Rest Campground?

River Rest Campground (PWSID WV9945055) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the WV state drinking water program.

How many people does River Rest Campground serve?

River Rest Campground reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Summers County, West Virginia.

Where does River Rest Campground 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 River Rest Campground have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2026. 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 River Rest Campground'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WV state drinking water program.

Where can I find River Rest Campground's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. River Rest Campground 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 Summers County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Wvawc Bluestone Plant	Summers	20,562	Community	Surface water
Big Bend Psd	Summers	1,350	Community	Surface water
Mountain Creek Lodge	Summers	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Bluestone Camp and Retreat	Summers	200	Transient non-community	Surface water
Camp Summers	Summers	100	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Bass Lake Park	Summers	40	Transient non-community	Groundwater

Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.

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, “River Rest Campground, PWSID WV9945055, West Virginia”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/west-virginia/river-rest-campground-wv9945055 (data as of October 1, 2026).