Public water system record

Tell City Water Department

Serves Tell City, Perry County, IN · 9,315 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 24 monitoring/reporting issues for Tell City Water Department in the last ten years.

  • IN5262004
  • TELL CITY
  • IN
  • 9,315 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 47586
EPA system ID IN5262004

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
24

Key facts

  • Tell City Water Department draws water from 7 wells.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Indiana, April 2012.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,458 unknown out of 3,370 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.

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
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Vinyl chloride
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Sep 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Tell City Water Department go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 71 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 8
1980s 0 1
1990s 0 57
2000s 1 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 23

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began April 2012, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Aug 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Sep 1, 2006 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Indiana regulators issued 3 boil water orders to Tell City Water Department between 2006 and 2012. The most recent was a boil water order in April 2012.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 23, 2012 Indiana Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Aug 24, 2011 Indiana Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Sep 15, 2006 Indiana Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Tell City Water Department draws water from 7 wells. 2 other community water systems buy water from Tell City Water Department. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Tell City Water Department.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Tell City Water Department 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.

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.