Community Water System · PWS IN5242005
Edwardsport Water Utility
Operator location Freelandville, Indiana - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 488 people served; 362 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 488
- People served (this PWS)
- 362
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 21
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Edwardsport Water Utility standing, high SDWIS violation third
488 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Edwardsport Water Utility sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (362), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (488; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 362
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 488
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 165
- County
- Knox
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 16
- Monitoring Violations
- 297
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 39 | 2004 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 19 | 2016 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 19 | 2025 |
| Simazine | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| LASSO | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| Atrazine | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MCL | 13 | 2017 |
| Mercury | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Barium | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Chromium | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Nickel | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Cadmium | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Selenium | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Fluoride | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 8 | 2001 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 6 | 2024 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Diquat | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Endothall | MR | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Edwardsport Water Utility has 362 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (21 of 362), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
362 Higher than most more violations than 93% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Edwardsport Water Utility
EPA SDWIS lists 488 people served and 165 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
362 violations · 488 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.
What to do with Edwardsport Water Utility
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