Community Water System · PWS IN5269005
Sunman Water Works
Operator location Sunman, Indiana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 212 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,058 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,058
- People served (this PWS)
- 212
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sunman Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
212 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 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,918 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sunman Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (212), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,058 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,918 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #438 of 788
- Population · IN
- 212
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- 423
- County
- Ripley
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 191
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 14 | 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MR | 8 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 8 | 2014 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2025 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2007 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sunman Water Works has 212 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 212), and it ranks #18,918 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)
212 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 Sunman Water Works
212 violations on record for IN5269005; 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
212 violations · 1,058 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).
What to do with Sunman Water Works
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