How many water violations are in Wayne County?

Wayne County has 4,578 total drinking water violations across 59 water systems, of which 388 are health-based violations. 98.3% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Wayne County systems?

Water systems in Wayne County serve approximately 58,098 people through 59 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Wayne County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 0 of 1 tested systems in Wayne County had at least one PFAS detection (0.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 59 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Wayne County?

Water systems in Wayne County use GW (57 systems), SW (2 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. 8.5% of Wayne County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Wayne County in the lower health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #863 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #24 of 92 counties in Indiana. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Counties → Indiana

Wayne County, Indiana

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN177 · Wayne County 59 sys · 4,578 viol · #863/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 98.3% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 8.5% health
RANK-UPPER #863/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 97%
SYS-MID 59 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #863 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #24 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wayne County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.5% 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 #863 of 3,254 · #24 of 92 in Indiana.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Indiana American Water - Richmond	41,485	9	Clean
Centerville Water Works	2,533	30	-
Indiana Gateway Industrial Park	2,125	12	-
Cambridge City Municipal Water Works	1,900	19	-
Hagerstown Municipal Water Works	1,700	33	-
Dublin Municipal Water Works	790	607	-
Northeastern Wayne High School	739	96	-
Fountain City Water Works	735	72	-
Lifespring Wesleyan Church & Daycare	704	62	-
Northeastern Elementary	684	187	-
Milton Water Works	650	49	-
Northeastern Wayne School/Concession	610	7	-
Lighthouse Assembly of God	408	21	-
Hillcrest Baptist Church	400	55	-
Fountain Acres Foods	208	22	-
Community Bible Church	150	26	-
Richmond Mobile Home Park	150	190	-
New Testament Church of Christ	125	5	-
Calvary United Pentecostal	100	192	-
Whitewater Christian Church	100	52	-
Glen Miller Park - F.s.	100	47	-
Len-Del Mobile Home Court	100	83	-
Woodview Mobile Home Park	100	61	-
Gateway Church of Richmond	98	66	-
Highland Lake Golf Course - Clubhouse	92	47	-
Highland Lake Golf Course - Hole #8	82	77	-
Sunshower Country Club, Inc.	65	30	-
Deer Ridge Camping Resort	65	16	-
Zions Lutheran Church	60	73	-
Abington Township Water	55	2	-
North 27 Worship Center	52	81	-
Keystone Cooperative	52	96	-
Greens Fork Family Diner	51	281	-
Stone Valley Christian Church	50	20	-
Springwood Park Summer Shelter House	50	42	-
Richmond KOA Holiday	41	3	-
Pershing Education Center	40	7	-
Hagerstown Municipal Park	40	46	-
Recovery Works	40	17	-
Williamsburg Church Nazarene	40	58	-
Winding Branch Golf Course	35	131	-
Country Retreat Mhc, LLC	35	91	-
Wayne County Highway Dept.	34	115	-
Cope Environmental Center	33	7	-
Economy United Methodist Church	30	229	-
Boston Old Time Holiness Church	30	54	-
Middleboro United Methodist Church	30	52	-
Pilgrimage Winery	27	0	-
Centerville Church of the Nazarene	25	7	-
Sugar Grove Amish School	25	270	-

Compare beyond Indiana

Mid-flagged peers for Wayne County

Cross-state counties nearest Wayne County on flagged-system share (98.3%) and cumulative violation count (4,578). 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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