Community Water System · PWS IN5219004
Ferdinand Water Department
Operator location Ferdinand, Indiana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 83 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,918 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,918
- People served (this PWS)
- 83
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 17
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ferdinand Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
83 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 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,865 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Ferdinand Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (83), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,918 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,865 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #225 of 788
- Population · IN
- 83
- Total EPA violations on record
- 20%
- 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
- 1,167
- County
- Dubois
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 15
- Monitoring Violations
- 55
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 15 | 2015 |
| Atrazine | MR | 10 | 1998 |
| Simazine | MR | 10 | 1998 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1981 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 3 | 2017 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 2 | 1994 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 2 | 1993 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ferdinand Water Department has 83 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (17 of 83), and it ranks #10,865 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)
83 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Ferdinand Water Department
83 violations on record for IN5219004; 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
83 violations · 2,918 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 Ferdinand Water Department
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
- Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems
EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.