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Elkhart County, Indiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN039 · Elkhart County 282 sys · 26,344 viol · #448/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #448/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 60.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 282 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: St. Joseph County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Elkhart County ranks #448 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Elkhart County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.9% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 60.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #448 of 3,254 · #10 of 92 in Indiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Elkhart County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Elkhart County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hendricks · lowest St. Joseph · near Clinton · near Union · highest 84.9% 96.8% 96.8% 96.8% 96.9% 97% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Elkhart Public Works and Utilities 46,455 200 Detected
Goshen Water Utility 32,267 50 Detected
Nappanee Water Utility 6,800 13 Clean
Middlebury Water Department 3,420 17 Clean
Nappanee Missionary Church 2,545 71 -
Wakarusa Water Works 1,998 52 -
Bristol Water Department 1,805 175 -
Timberbrook Mobile Home Park 1,418 129 -
Jimtown JR. High School & Elementary 1,400 271 -
Sugar Grove Church, Inc. 1,306 27 -
Fairfield JR./SR. High School 1,160 30 -
American Petroleum Inc Dba Gallops 1,145 12 -
Cobus Green Mobile Home Park 1,042 72 -
Speedway #6662 1,011 53 -
Umh in Broadmore, LLC Aka Broadmore Esta 972 434 -
Millersburg Water Company 957 45 -
Siloam Mennonite Fellowship 800 10 -
Faith UMC/Kingdom Kids Daycare 788 1,065 -
River Oaks Community Church 775 43 -
Brenneman Memorial Church 580 68 -
Jimtown High School 566 130 -
Waypoint Community Church & Daycare 551 0 -
Trinity Lutheran School 550 7 -
New Paris Elementary School (New Bldg) 538 17 -
Benton Elementary School 530 65 -
Grand Design RV - Buildings 3, 6, & 7 525 26 -
Smart Cabinetry 515 4 -
Fairfield Transportation Building 506 3 -
Beulah Missionary Church 500 3 -
Jefferson Elementary School 496 169 -
Lippert Components, Inc. Plant #28 450 13 -
Elcona Country Club (Clubhouse) 400 24 -
Elcona Country Club-Halfway Snack 400 28 -
Grand Design RV - Building 8 390 24 -
Yellow Creek Mennonite Church 381 274 -
Concord Event Center 357 167 -
Swift Prepared Foods 350 22 -
Yellow Creek Wisler Mennonite Church 350 12 -
Waterford Mennonite Church 335 75 -
Pine Hill Manufactured Home Community 332 148 -
Church of God 304 68 -
Jimtown Baseball and Softball Complex 300 261 -
Crossroads Community Church/Daycare 298 74 -
York Elementary School 285 46 -
Bom Petroleum, Inc. 264 149 -
Community Church of Waterford 255 4 -
Jefferson Brethren Church 250 9 -
Ark Activity Center 250 8 -
Culver Duck Farms, Inc. 241 437 -
Bristol Mobile Village 238 328 -

Compare beyond Indiana

Mid-flagged peers for Elkhart County

Cross-state counties nearest Elkhart County on flagged-system share (96.8%) and cumulative violation count (26,344). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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