How many water violations are in Henry County?

Henry County has 3,136 total drinking water violations across 57 water systems, of which 345 are health-based violations. 98.2% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Henry County systems?

Water systems in Henry County serve approximately 38,738 people through 57 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Henry County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 2 tested systems in Henry County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 57 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Henry County?

Water systems in Henry County use GW (57 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 11.0% of Henry County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Henry County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Henry County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Henry County ranks #1,143 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 92 counties in Indiana. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Henry County, Indiana

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN065 · Henry County 57 sys · 3,136 viol · #1143/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 98.2% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 11.0% health
RANK-UPPER #1143/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 100%
SYS-MID 57 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Wayne County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Henry County ranks #1,143 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Henry County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 11.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,143 of 3,254 · #32 of 92 in Indiana.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
New Castle Utilities	19,880	32	Clean
New Castle Correctional Facility	3,160	55	-
Knightstown Water Utility	2,182	17	-
Middletown Water Utility	2,050	58	-
Speedway 8061	1,031	14	-
Spiceland Municipal Water Utility	969	31	-
Shirley Municipal Water	960	26	-
Blue River Valley JR./SR. High	733	26	-
Burger King #12297	652	20	-
Loves Travel Plaza - Knightstown (#601)	575	0	-
Shenandoah Elementary	550	14	-
Shenandoah High School	540	12	Clean
Speedup 6, LLC	508	13	-
Lewisville Water Works	392	47	-
Shenandoah Middle School	385	10	-
Mount Summit Water Utility	350	215	-
First Assembly of God	343	35	-
Westwood Elementary School	258	23	-
Sulphur Springs Ch - Well 2	250	18	-
Cadiz Christian Church	210	73	-
Heartland Christian School	204	5	-
Tri-County Golf Club Restaurant	200	52	-
Mount Zion Wesleyan Church	190	76	-
New Lisbon Christian Church	165	20	-
Summit Lake State Park	142	3	-
Sulphur Springs Christian Church, Inc.	125	41	-
Weenee World	110	7	-
Golden Pebbles Estates	107	118	-
Walnut Ridge Campground	100	69	-
First Christian Church	100	52	-
Westwood Golf Club	100	37	-
Point Campground Westwood Park	100	48	-
Cross Road Church of God	99	6	-
House of Prayer Campground	78	76	-
Block & Brew	75	51	-
Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service	74	76	-
Mooreland Friends Church	70	66	-
Church of Christ	70	66	-
The Bobber Shop	60	106	-
Yogi Bear Jellystone Camp Resort	50	17	-
The Parcel	50	28	-
Christ Fellowship Church	47	24	-
Spring Valley Campground Inc.	46	143	-
First Assembly of God - Food Pantry	43	75	-
All My Family & Friends Campground-Back	33	23	-
Locust Grove Amish Parochial School	32	219	-
Royal Hylands Golf Course	32	35	-
Bobcats/Pizza King	30	116	-
Grillt LLC	27	309	-
Camp Ada	26	78	-

Compare beyond Indiana

Mid-flagged peers for Henry County

Cross-state counties nearest Henry County on flagged-system share (98.2%) and cumulative violation count (3,136). 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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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