Community Water System · PWS IN5259002
Springs Valley Regional Water District
Operator location French Lick, Indiana - 16% of 70 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); surface water source; 3,188 served per SDWIS.
- 3,188
- People served (this PWS)
- 70
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 11
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Springs Valley Regional Water District standing, mid SDWIS violation third
16% of 70 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #10,199 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Springs Valley Regional Water District lands in the middle third by violation volume (70), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 3,188 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #10,199 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #216 of 788
- Population · IN
- 70
- Total EPA violations on record
- 16%
- 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
- 1,275
- County
- Orange
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 11
- Monitoring Violations
- 58
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 11 | 2006 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 7 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 1999 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 1 | 1978 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 1978 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Springs Valley Regional Water District has 70 recorded EPA violations, 65% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 35% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 70), and it ranks #10,199 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)
70 Around the middle fewer violations than 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFDHA | 8/7/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/7/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/7/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/7/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/7/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/7/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/7/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/7/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/7/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/7/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/7/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/7/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/7/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Springs Valley Regional Water District
11 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for IN5259002.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Drinking Water Branch
Nationwide peers
70 violations · 3,188 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Springs Valley Regional Water District
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