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Van Buren Municipal Utilities

Serves Van Buren, Grant County, IN · 864 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Van Buren Municipal Utilities in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • IN5227023
  • VAN BUREN
  • IN
  • 864 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 46991
EPA system ID IN5227023

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Van Buren Municipal Utilities draws water from 2 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 100.3 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2025.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 404 unknown out of 447 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 100.3 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 81.5 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 80.3 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Van Buren Municipal Utilities go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
1990s 2 4
2000s 3 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 0
2020s 1 5

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began October 2006, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 81 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0838 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1999 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

3 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Van Buren Municipal Utilities draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Van Buren Municipal Utilities 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

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