Public water system record
Butler Water Department
Serves Butler, DeKalb County, IN · 2,700 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Butler 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
- 4
Key facts
- Butler Water Department draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, August 2010.
- Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,471 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Butler Water Department go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 26 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0 | 21 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Butler Water Department in 2010. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2010 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Butler Water Department draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Butler 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