Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IN2460037
New Prairie Schools
Operator location New Carlisle, Indiana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 117 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,800 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,800
- People served (this PWS)
- 117
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
New Prairie Schools standing, high SDWIS violation third
117 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,440 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
New Prairie Schools sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (117), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,800 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,440 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #315 of 788
- Population · IN
- 117
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 8
- County
- LaPorte
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 107
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 10 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 9 | 2012 |
| Nickel | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 7 | 2022 |
| Cadmium | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 6 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Groundwater Rule | Other | 2 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1995 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
New Prairie Schools has 117 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 117), and it ranks #14,440 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)
117 Higher than most more violations than 76% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for New Prairie Schools
117 violations on record for IN2460037; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
117 violations · 1,800 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with New Prairie Schools
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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