Community Water System · PWS IN5232020
Plainfield Water Works
Operator location Plainfield, Indiana - larger served population (> 3,309) at 34,477 people served; 166 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 34,477
- People served (this PWS)
- 166
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 29
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 3 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Plainfield Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
34,477 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #1,629 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Plainfield Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (166), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (34,477; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 3 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #1,629 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #26 of 788
- Population · IN
- 166
- 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.
3 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 12,222
- County
- Hendricks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 29
- Monitoring Violations
- 129
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 29 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MR | 7 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 7 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2022 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 1993 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 2002 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Plainfield Water Works has 166 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (29 of 166), and it ranks #1,629 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)
166 Higher than most more violations than 83% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 7 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTA | 9/10/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/10/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/10/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/10/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/10/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/10/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/10/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/10/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/10/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/10/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 3/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 3/25/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 3/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 3/25/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/25/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 3/25/2025 | 7.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 3/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 3/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 3/25/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 3/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 3/25/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 3/25/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 3/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/25/2025 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 3/25/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 3/25/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 3/25/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Plainfield Water Works
EPA SDWIS lists 34,477 people served and 12,222 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
166 violations · 34,477 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Plainfield Water Works
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.