Question 1

Is Rossville Water Works water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Rossville Water Works (PWS ID: IN5212007) has 85 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,653 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Rossville Water Works serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Rossville Water Works serves 1,653 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Rossville or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 648 service connections. The operator address is listed in Rossville, Indiana.

Question 3

What type of violations does Rossville Water Works have?

Accepted Answer

Rossville Water Works has 85 total violations: 5 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 71 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Rossville Water Works water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Rossville Water Works under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Rossville Water Works use?

Accepted Answer

Rossville Water Works uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Rossville Water Works sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Rossville Water Works ranks #15,083 of 29,740 by people served, and #338 of 788 in Indiana. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Rossville Water Works's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Rossville Water Works has 85 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 30% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 70% of that cohort has fewer violations than Rossville Water Works. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	13	2012
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	8	2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	7	2020
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	5	2015
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	4	2020
Nitrate	MR	3	2012
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1998
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	1998
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	1998
Styrene	MR	2	1998
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	1998
Toluene	MR	2	1998
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	1998
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	1998
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	1998
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	1998
Vinyl chloride	MR	2	1998
Benzene	MR	2	1998
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	1998
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	1998
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1998
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	1998
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1998
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1998
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	1998
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	2	2024
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	1998
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1998

Rossville Water Works

Rossville Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Rossville Water Works

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served