Tap Truth EPA drinking water records, in plain English

Public water system record

Ellettsville Water Works

Serves an area of Monroe County, IN that includes Ellettsville · 14,500 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Ellettsville Water Works in the last ten years.

  • IN5253004
  • ELLETTSVILLE
  • IN
  • 14,500 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 47429
EPA system ID IN5253004

Verify this system on EPA ECHO →

Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Ellettsville Water Works buys its water from City of Bloomington Utilities.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 14 lead and 1,728 unknown out of 5,706 service lines.

Check whether Ellettsville Water Works serves your address

Address suggestions by Mapbox

Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Ellettsville Water Works go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 4 0
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began July 2016, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 63 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 68.8 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 70 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Resolved

Where the water comes from

Ellettsville Water Works buys its water from City of Bloomington Utilities. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

Buys water from

Annual water quality report

Ellettsville 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