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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IN2070020

Brown County State Park

Operator location Nashville, Indiana - 36% of 484 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,836 served per SDWIS.

2,836
People served (this PWS)
484
EPA violations (this PWS)
176
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Brown County State Park standing, high SDWIS violation third

36% of 484 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 36% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,030 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Brown County State Park sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (484), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,836 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 36% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#11,030 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#228 of 788
Population · IN
484
Total EPA violations on record
36%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
State
Connections
57
County
Brown
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
104
Monitoring Violations
303
Treatment Tech Violations
72

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 64 2021
Coliform (TCR) MR 37 2009
TTHM MCL 37 2009
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 36 2010
CARBON, TOTAL TT 28 2007
CARBON, TOTAL MR 24 2009
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 13 1996
Nitrate MR 12 2017
TTHM MR 9 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 9 2024
Simazine MR 8 2006
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 8 2006
Atrazine MR 8 2006
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 8 1993
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 8 2006
LASSO MR 8 2006
Cadmium MR 6 2006
Mercury MR 6 2006
Nickel MR 6 2006
Antimony, Total MR 6 2006
Beryllium, Total MR 6 2006
Thallium, Total MR 6 2006
Selenium MR 6 2006
Chromium MR 6 2006
Arsenic MR 6 2006
Barium MR 6 2006
Endrin MR 4 2001
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2009
Methoxychlor MR 4 2001
Toxaphene MR 4 2001

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Brown County State Park has 484 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 36% of this system's own violations are health-based (176 of 484), and it ranks #11,030 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

484 Higher than most more violations than 95% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Brown County State Park

176 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IN2070020.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Drinking Water Branch

Nationwide peers

484 violations · 2,836 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

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Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

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What to do with Brown County State Park

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Indiana compares on the same EPA violation measures. Indiana systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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