Question 1

Is Carthage Water Department water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Carthage Water Department (PWS ID: IN5270001) has 137 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,000 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Carthage Water Department serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Carthage Water Department serves 1,000 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of New Castle or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 330 service connections. The operator address is listed in New Castle, Indiana.

Question 3

What type of violations does Carthage Water Department have?

Accepted Answer

Carthage Water Department has 137 total violations: 14 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 109 monitoring/reporting violations, and 5 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Carthage Water Department water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Carthage Water Department under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Carthage Water Department use?

Accepted Answer

Carthage Water Department uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Carthage Water Department sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Carthage Water Department ranks #19,576 of 29,740 by people served, and #472 of 788 in Indiana. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Carthage Water Department's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Carthage Water Department has 137 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 20% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 79% of that cohort has fewer violations than Carthage Water Department. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Nitrate	MCL	9	1998
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	9	2023
Nitrate	MR	8	1998
Coliform (TCR)	MR	8	2011
Glyphosate	MR	6	2001
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	6	2017
TTHM	MR	6	2017
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	5	1998
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	4	2019
Heptachlor	MR	3	1998
2,4,5-TP	MR	3	1998
2,4-D	MR	3	1998
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	3	1998
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	3	1998
Pentachlorophenol	MR	3	1998
Endothall	MR	3	1998
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	3	1998
Picloram	MR	3	1998
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	3	1998
Chlordane	MR	3	1998
BHC-GAMMA	MR	3	1998
OXAMYL	MR	3	1998
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	3	1998
Endrin	MR	3	1998
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	3	1998
Carbofuran	MR	3	1998
Dinoseb	MR	3	1998
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	3	1998
Methoxychlor	MR	3	1998
Toxaphene	MR	3	1998

Carthage Water Department

Carthage Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Carthage Water Department

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served