Public water system record
Garrett Water Utility
Serves Garrett and Altona, DeKalb County, IN · 6,390 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Garrett Water Utility 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
- 2
Key facts
- Garrett Water Utility draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Indiana, October 2007.
- Record on file since 1980, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 16 lead and 1,203 unknown out of 2,453 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Garrett Water Utility go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2007, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2007 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Indiana regulators issued 1 boil water order to Garrett Water Utility in 2007. The most recent was a boil water order in October 2007.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2007 | Indiana | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Garrett Water Utility draws water from 4 wells.
Annual water quality report
Garrett Water Utility 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