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Community Water System · PWS IN5216003

Lake Santee Rwwd

Operator location Greensburg, Indiana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 326 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,500 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,500
People served (this PWS)
326
EPA violations (this PWS)
57
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Lake Santee Rwwd standing, high SDWIS violation third

326 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 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,912 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Lake Santee Rwwd sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (326), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,500 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#15,912 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#360 of 788
Population · IN
326
Total EPA violations on record
17%
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
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
596
County
Decatur
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
53
Monitoring Violations
251
Treatment Tech Violations
4

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 53 2020
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 10 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 10 2015
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 9 2025
Simazine MR 7 2015
Picloram MR 7 2015
Dinoseb MR 7 2015
Carbofuran MR 7 2015
LASSO MR 7 2015
Endrin MR 7 2015
Heptachlor MR 7 2015
Heptachlor epoxide MR 7 2015
2,4-D MR 7 2015
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 7 2015
Pentachlorophenol MR 7 2015
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 7 2015
BHC-GAMMA MR 7 2015
Chlordane MR 7 2015
Methoxychlor MR 7 2015
Toxaphene MR 7 2015
Dalapon MR 7 2015
Diquat MR 7 2015
Endothall MR 7 2015
OXAMYL MR 7 2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 7 2015
Atrazine MR 7 2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 7 2015
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 7 2015
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 7 2015
2,4,5-TP MR 7 2015

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Lake Santee Rwwd has 326 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (57 of 326), and it ranks #15,912 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)

326 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 Lake Santee Rwwd

326 violations on record for IN5216003; 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

326 violations · 1,500 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Lake Santee Rwwd

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
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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