Public water system record
Lafayette Water Works
Serves Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN · 70,835 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Lafayette Water Works in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Lafayette Water Works draws water from 14 wells.
- Record on file since 1993, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 3,196 lead and 78 unknown out of 30,836 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 13, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
May 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Lafayette Water Works go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 4 |
| 2000s | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began July 2008, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2008 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Lafayette Water Works draws water from 14 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Lafayette Water Works.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Dayton Water Utility Dayton, IN
Annual water quality report
Lafayette 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