Elkhart Public Works and Utilities

Water Quality Snapshot: Elkhart Public Works and Utilities

Elkhart Public Works and Utilities is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 46,455 residents in Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County) through 18,582 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 200 total violations for this system , of which 0 (0%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 194 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2023.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Nitrate, recorded in 16 violations (MR). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 6 PFAS compounds were detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 9.8 ppt (parts per trillion). PFAS are persistent synthetic chemicals linked to health effects at very low exposure levels.

Across Indiana, EPA tracks 3,967 public water systems serving 5,774,616 people, with 352,710 cumulative violations and 35,932 health-based violations on record. About 96% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 88.9 violations. Statewide, 93 of 229 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (40.6%).

Elkhart Public Works and Utilities's 200 violations sit above the Indiana average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.