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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS IN2670820

North Putnam Middle/High School

Operator location Bainbridge, Indiana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 341 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,100 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,100
People served (this PWS)
341
EPA violations (this PWS)
19
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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North Putnam Middle/High School standing, high SDWIS violation third

341 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 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,581 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

North Putnam Middle/High School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (341), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,100 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#18,581 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#430 of 788
Population · IN
341
Total EPA violations on record
6%
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
1
County
Putnam
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
16
Monitoring Violations
320
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 18 2002
Coliform (TCR) MCL 16 2003
Coliform (TCR) MR 14 1996
Methoxychlor MR 12 1999
Endrin MR 12 1999
Heptachlor MR 12 1999
2,4,5-TP MR 12 1999
2,4-D MR 12 1999
Pentachlorophenol MR 12 1999
Chlordane MR 12 1999
Glyphosate MR 12 1999
Endothall MR 12 1999
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 12 1999
OXAMYL MR 12 1999
Dinoseb MR 12 1999
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 12 1999
Carbofuran MR 12 1999
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 12 1999
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 12 1999
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 12 1999
Toxaphene MR 12 1999
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 12 1999
BHC-GAMMA MR 12 1999
Heptachlor epoxide MR 12 1999
Picloram MR 12 1999
Dalapon MR 4 1999
Diquat MR 4 1999
Simazine MR 4 1999
Atrazine MR 4 1999
LASSO MR 4 1999

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

North Putnam Middle/High School has 341 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (19 of 341), and it ranks #18,581 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)

341 Higher than most more violations than 92% 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 North Putnam Middle/High School

341 violations on record for IN2670820; 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

341 violations · 1,100 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with North Putnam Middle/High School

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

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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