Public water system record
Jackson County Water Utility
Serves Brownstown and Freetown, Jackson County, IN · 13,667 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Jackson County 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
- 8
Key facts
- Jackson County Water Utility draws water from 6 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Indiana, June 2011.
- Record on file since 1991, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 6,280 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Mar 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Aug 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Jackson County Water Utility go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 188 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 156 |
| 2000s | 0 | 28 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began February 2011, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1999 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Indiana regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Jackson County Water Utility and issued 1 boil water order in 2011. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in June 2011.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2011 | Indiana | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations (1 health-based): E. coli, Total Coliform |
| Mar 10, 2011 | Indiana | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Jackson County Water Utility draws water from 6 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Jackson County Water Utility. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to Jackson County Water Utility.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Brown County Water Utility Morgantown, IN
Annual water quality report
Jackson County 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.
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