Community Water System · PWS IN5286002
Pence Water Works
Operator location Williamsport, Indiana - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 37 people served; 339 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 37
- People served (this PWS)
- 339
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Pence Water Works standing, high SDWIS violation third
37 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Pence Water Works sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (339), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (37; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 339
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 37
- 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
- 15
- County
- Warren
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 281
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 35 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 31 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 31 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 27 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 10 | 2021 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 7 | 2025 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 7 | 2022 |
| Barium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Fluoride | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Nickel | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 6 | 2022 |
| Cadmium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 6 | 2022 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Dalapon | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Diquat | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Endothall | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Picloram | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Pence Water Works has 339 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 339), 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)
339 Higher than most more violations than 92% 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 Pence Water Works
EPA SDWIS lists 37 people served and 15 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
339 violations · 37 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 Pence Water Works
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