Community Water Systems

Community water systems are associated with places people live.

A Municipal Water System (MC) is a water system that:

  • Serves at least 25 people, or has 15 service connections or more used by residents more than six months per year.
  • Is owned by a governmental entity such as a city, county, town, village, sanitary district, state, or federal institution.

 

An Other-Than-Municipal (OTM or OC) is a water system that:

  • Serves at least 25 people, or has 15 service connections used by residents more than six months per year
  • Is owned by an entity that is not governmental, such as a mobile home park, subdivision, apartment complex, or condominium association.
 

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