Community Water System · PWS IN5250003
Bremen Water Department
Operator location Bremen, Indiana - larger served population (> 3,309) at 4,516 people served; 60 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 4,516
- People served (this PWS)
- 60
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bremen Water Department standing, mid SDWIS violation third
4,516 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #8,203 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bremen Water Department lands in the middle third by violation volume (60), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (4,516; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #8,203 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #172 of 788
- Population · IN
- 60
- Total EPA violations on record
- 12%
- 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
- 1,905
- County
- Marshall
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 1999 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 4 | 1999 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2002 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bremen Water Department has 60 recorded EPA violations, 61% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 60), and it ranks #8,203 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)
60 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% 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. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHpA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/4/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/4/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/4/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/4/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/4/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/4/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/4/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/4/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Bremen Water Department
EPA SDWIS lists 4,516 people served and 1,905 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
60 violations · 4,516 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 Bremen Water Department
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