Public water system · WY5680240
ActiveBlm - Five Springs Campground
At a glance
Blm - Five Springs Campground (PWSID WY5680240) is an active transient non-community water system in Big Horn County, Wyoming. It reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by the federal government. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
3
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Blm - Five Springs Campground compare with other water systems in Big Horn County?
By EPA's size categories, Blm - Five Springs Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Big Horn County has 28 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 371 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 10,387 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Wyoming, the 775 active systems average 838 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Blm - Five Springs 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. Wyoming has 352 active transient non-community water systems, 45% of the state's 775 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 585 Wyoming systems (75%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Blm - Five Springs Campground?
EPA lists Blm - Five Springs Campground as owned by the federal government. The WY state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 6 of the 28 active systems in Big Horn County (21%) are also owned by the federal government.
Does Blm - Five Springs Campground have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. The violations listed here began between January 1999 and July 2023. By type: 3 monitoring, 2 monitoring and reporting, 1 contaminant level above the legal limit and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 6 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR) · code 1A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | Yes | Resolved |
| 2021-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2017-05-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2017-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038 | No | Resolved |
| 2017-01-01 | Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2D | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | Yes | Resolved |
| 1999-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
All 7 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.
Blm - Five Springs Campground: frequently asked questions
Who runs Blm - Five Springs Campground?
Blm - Five Springs Campground (PWSID WY5680240) is a transient non-community water system owned by the federal government. It is regulated by the WY state drinking water program.
How many people does Blm - Five Springs Campground serve?
Blm - Five Springs Campground reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
Where does Blm - Five Springs 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 Blm - Five Springs Campground have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. 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 Blm - Five Springs 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. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the WY state drinking water program.
Where can I find Blm - Five Springs Campground's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Blm - Five Springs 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 Big Horn County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell, Town of | Big Horn | 2,250 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Greybull, Town of | Big Horn | 2,080 | Community | Groundwater |
| Basin, Town of | Big Horn | 1,250 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
| South Big Horn County Jpb | Big Horn | 900 | Community | Groundwater |
| Cowley, Town of | Big Horn | 800 | Community | Groundwater |
| Byron, Town of | Big Horn | 561 | 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, “Blm - Five Springs Campground, PWSID WY5680240, Wyoming”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/wyoming/blm-five-springs-campground-wy5680240 (data as of October 1, 2026).