Public water system record
Boswell Water Department
Serves Boswell, Benton County, IN · 750 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 27 monitoring/reporting issues for Boswell Water Department in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 27
Key facts
- Boswell Water Department draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Indiana, October 2020.
- Record on file since 1980, with 1 health-based violation before October 20, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 374 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Groundwater Rule
OTHER
|
Mar 18, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 30, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Selenium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Thallium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Antimony, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Mercury
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chromium (total)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Cadmium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Barium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jun 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Boswell Water Department go back to 1980. Before October 20, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 67 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1 | 55 |
| 2000s | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 to October 19, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 20, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 19 |
| 2020s | 0 | 7 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: DICHLOROMETHANE, began January 1993, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 20, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Indiana regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Boswell Water Department in 2020. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2020.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2020 | Indiana | Compliance order with a penalty | 4 violations: Lead and Copper Rule, Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Boswell Water Department draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Boswell Water Department must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Indiana.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells