What is the term for a public water system serving at least 15 service connections or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents?

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Public water systems are grouped by whether they serve a population year-round. When a system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents, it is designated as a Community Water System. This distinction matters because community systems are expected to provide continuous, year-round water service to the same population and face regulatory requirements aligned with protecting those residents. In contrast, Transient Noncommunity serves people who are not there year-round (like visitors), Nontransient Noncommunity serves the same people for a substantial part of the year but not every year, and Small System is a size label used in some contexts but does not define year-round service. So the term that fits a system meeting those thresholds is Community Water System.