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Community Water System · PWS IN5240008

North Vernon Water Department

Operator location North Vernon, Indiana - 39% of 789 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 6,500 served per SDWIS.

6,500
People served (this PWS)
789
EPA violations (this PWS)
309
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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North Vernon Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third

39% of 789 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 39% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #6,448 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

North Vernon Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (789), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (6,500; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 39% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#6,448 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#131 of 788
Population · IN
789
Total EPA violations on record
39%
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
2,600
County
Jennings
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
250
Monitoring Violations
469
Treatment Tech Violations
59

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 156 2020
TTHM MCL 94 2021
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 31 2005
CARBON, TOTAL MR 20 2024
Groundwater Rule TT 15 2022
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 13 2006
OXAMYL MR 10 2022
BHC-GAMMA MR 10 2022
Endothall MR 10 2022
Simazine MR 10 2022
Picloram MR 10 2022
Dinoseb MR 10 2022
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 10 2022
LASSO MR 10 2022
2,3,7,8-TCDD MR 10 2022
Heptachlor epoxide MR 10 2022
2,4-D MR 10 2022
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 10 2022
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 10 2022
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 10 2022
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 10 2022
Chlordane MR 10 2022
Carbofuran MR 10 2022
Heptachlor MR 10 2022
Pentachlorophenol MR 10 2022
Endrin MR 10 2022
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 10 2022
Methoxychlor MR 10 2022
Toxaphene MR 10 2022
Diquat MR 10 2022

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

North Vernon Water Department has 789 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 39% of this system's own violations are health-based (309 of 789), and it ranks #6,448 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)

789 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFDA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/13/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/13/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/13/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/13/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/13/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/13/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/13/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/13/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/13/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/13/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/13/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/13/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/13/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/13/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/13/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/13/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/13/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/13/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 6/26/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 6/26/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/26/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/26/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 6/26/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 6/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on North Vernon Water Department

309 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IN5240008.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Drinking Water Branch

Nationwide peers

789 violations · 6,500 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with North Vernon Water Department

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