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New Market Water Works

Serves New Market, Montgomery County, IN · 765 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for New Market Water Works in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • IN5254008
  • NEW MARKET
  • IN
  • 765 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 47965
EPA system ID IN5254008

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • New Market Water Works draws water from 2 wells.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 273 unknown out of 273 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
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Sep 24, 2025 Resolved No
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for New Market Water Works go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 0 6
2000s 0 2
2020s 2 5

What the violations mean

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

New Market Water Works draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

New Market 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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