How many water violations are in Howard County?

Howard County has 5,685 total drinking water violations across 44 water systems, of which 341 are health-based violations. 97.7% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Howard County systems?

Water systems in Howard County serve approximately 73,406 people through 44 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Howard County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 1 tested systems in Howard County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 44 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Howard County?

Water systems in Howard County use GW (43 systems), SW (1 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. 6.0% of Howard County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Howard County in the lower health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Howard County ranks #712 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #18 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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Howard County, Indiana

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN067 · Howard County 44 sys · 5,685 viol · #712/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 97.7% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 6.0% health
RANK-UPPER #712/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 98%
SYS-MID 44 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Tippecanoe County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Howard County ranks #712 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #18 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Howard County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #712 of 3,254 · #18 of 92 in Indiana.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Indiana American Water - Kokomo	59,313	9	Clean
Western School Corporation	3,010	106	-
Greentown Municipal Water	2,500	68	-
Indiana American Water - Russiaville	1,178	233	-
Northwestern JR./SR. High School	1,000	14	-
Taylor Community School Corporation	833	9	-
Chapel Hill Christian Church	695	39	-
Northwestern Elementary School	634	21	-
Oak Brook Estates	455	71	-
Howard Elementary School	313	9	-
Fairfield Christian Church	305	68	-
Western Estates Mobile Home Park	248	132	-
IN His Image Church	227	20	-
Quick Shop	210	259	-
Center Food Mart	201	44	-
Pilgrim Holiness Church	200	361	-
Abundant Life Church	200	20	-
Christian Heritage Worship Center	175	111	-
Timbernest Townhouses	175	671	-
The Oaks of Kokomo	150	391	-
Springhill Campground	113	116	-
Carpenters House Church Childcare	106	17	-
Village Green Mobile Home Park	102	68	-
Oakland Christian Church	89	38	-
Morning Star Church	82	547	-
Chippendale Golf Course	76	99	-
Fair Havens Alliance	75	3	-
Kokomo Zion Church, Inc	75	89	-
McGonigal Buick Gmc	65	17	-
Northwestern School Corp- Maint. Office	55	9	-
Southwest Civic Shareholders Association	55	65	-
Greater Life Church	50	67	-
Northwestern Athletic Facility	50	18	-
The Oaks of Kokomo II	48	30	-
Countryside Villas	48	464	-
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church	45	110	-
Seventh Day Adventist Church	40	106	-
Kokomo Municipal Airport	39	16	-
Millerview Amish School	36	98	-
Ortman Drilling	35	0	-
Howard County Izaak League	25	24	-
Parkview Mennonite Church	25	41	-
Beaver Point Campgrounds	25	61	-
Dixon Woods Apartments	25	926	-

Compare beyond Indiana

Mid-flagged peers for Howard County

Cross-state counties nearest Howard County on flagged-system share (97.7%) and cumulative violation count (5,685). 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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