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Posey Township Water Corp.

Serves Hardinsburg, Washington County, IN · 3,500 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Posey Township Water Corp. in the last ten years.

  • IN5288006
  • HARDINSBURG
  • IN
  • 3,500 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 47125
EPA system ID IN5288006

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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

  • Posey Township Water Corp. draws water from 4 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by Indiana, October 2016.
  • Record on file since 1998, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,417 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1998

EPA's records for Posey Township Water Corp. go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 7 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began April 2016, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 60.1 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 68.2 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 72.9 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 67.2 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 65.7 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 61.5 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 65 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Indiana regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Posey Township Water Corp. in 2016. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 18, 2016 Indiana Compliance order with a penalty 7 violations (7 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

Posey Township Water Corp. draws water from 4 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Patoka Lake Regional Water.

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Annual water quality report

Posey Township Water Corp. 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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