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Poseyville Municipal Water Department

Serves Poseyville, Posey County, IN · 1,400 people served

Federal records show 11 health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Poseyville Municipal Water Department in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Nitrate violation.

  • IN5265008
  • POSEYVILLE
  • IN
  • 1,400 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 47633
EPA system ID IN5265008

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
11
Resolved
11
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Poseyville Municipal Water Department draws water from 2 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Nitrate, 13.4 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Indiana, January 2023.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 355 unknown out of 580 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
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.7 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 330 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 13.4 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 330 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.5 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 330 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.1 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 330 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.2 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 330 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.1 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 330 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.5 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 330 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.5 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 330 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.1 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 330 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.8 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 330 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved Yes
Nitrate
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.35 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 330 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Poseyville Municipal Water Department go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
1990s 1 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 1
2020s 10 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began March 1994, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Indiana regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Poseyville Municipal Water Department in 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in January 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 20, 2023 Indiana Compliance order with a penalty 11 violations (10 health-based): Nitrate

What the violations mean

Nitrate

11 incidents

Nitrate exceeded the federal limit

High nitrate is especially dangerous for infants under 6 months and can cause blue baby syndrome

Where the water comes from

Poseyville Municipal Water Department draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Poseyville Municipal 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

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