Public water system record
Plainfield Water Works
Serves Plainfield, Hendricks County, IN · 34,477 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Plainfield Water Works 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
- Plainfield Water Works draws water from 7 wells.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Indiana, February 2016.
- Record on file since 1992, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 210 unknown out of 11,040 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
RPT
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Plainfield Water Works go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 41 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3 | 35 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began February 2016, Resolved.
Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Indiana regulators issued 4 boil water orders to Plainfield Water Works between 2006 and 2016, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a boil water order in February 2016.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2016 | Indiana | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jun 10, 2014 | Indiana | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jan 7, 2008 | Indiana | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jun 23, 2006 | Indiana | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Plainfield Water Works draws water from 7 wells.
Annual water quality report
Plainfield Water Works 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.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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