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City of Bloomington Utilities

Serves an area of Monroe County, IN that includes Bloomington · 83,000 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for City of Bloomington Utilities in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • IN5253002
  • BLOOMINGTON
  • IN
  • 83,000 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 47401
EPA system ID IN5253002

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • City of Bloomington Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 10,936 unknown out of 26,414 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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Aug 1, 2024 Resolved Yes
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for City of Bloomington Utilities go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 25 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 8
1980s 0 9
1990s 0 3
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 1 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began July 2016, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

2 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

City of Bloomington Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake. 8 other community water systems buy water from City of Bloomington Utilities.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Bloomington 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.

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.

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Testing your own water

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