Community Water System · PWS IN5235001
Andrews Water Department
Operator location Andrews, Indiana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 213 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,149 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,149
- People served (this PWS)
- 213
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Andrews Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
213 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 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,265 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Andrews Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (213), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,149 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,265 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #420 of 788
- Population · IN
- 213
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- 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
- 447
- County
- Huntington
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 180
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 15 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MR | 15 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 13 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 5 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2009 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 4 | 2024 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Diquat | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| LASSO | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Chlordane | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| Benzene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| Toluene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Andrews Water Department has 213 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 213), and it ranks #18,265 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)
213 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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 Andrews Water Department
213 violations on record for IN5235001; 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
213 violations · 1,149 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).
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