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Sunman Water Works

Serves Sunman, Ripley County, IN · 1,058 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Sunman Water Works in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • IN5269005
  • SUNMAN
  • IN
  • 1,058 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 47041
EPA system ID IN5269005

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Sunman Water Works draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Indiana, October 2005.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 4 unknown out of 511 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2025 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Sunman Water Works go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 52 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 0 1
2000s 1 42
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 7
2020s 0 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2005, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2005 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Indiana regulators issued 1 boil water order to Sunman Water Works in 2005. The most recent was a boil water order in October 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 11, 2005 Indiana Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Sunman Water Works draws water from 3 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Hoosier Hills Regional Water District. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Sunman Water Works.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Sunman 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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