Public water system record
Highland Water Works
Serves Highland, Lake County, IN · 23,984 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Highland 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
- 1
Key facts
- Highland Water Works buys its water from Hammond Water Works Department.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Indiana, July 2013.
- Record on file since 1993, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 7,787 unknown out of 9,679 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, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Highland Water Works go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 3 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2013, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2001 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Indiana regulators issued 2 boil water orders to Highland Water Works between 2009 and 2013. The most recent was a boil water order in July 2013.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2013 | Indiana | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Aug 18, 2009 | Indiana | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Highland Water Works buys its water from Hammond Water Works Department. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Highland Water Works.
Buys water from
- Hammond Water Works Department Hammond, IN
Community systems that buy water from it
- Dyer Water Department Dyer, IN
Annual water quality report
Highland 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