Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID IN2380801

Jay County Retirement Center

Serves 35 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentPortland, Indiana
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On record since 2009: 11 violations. 8 over the limit · 3 missed or late tests. Most recent began 2022-04-01.

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8Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
3Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 76% of active water systems in Indiana. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

20052009 · Missed or late test: 12010 · Missed or late test: 1201020152018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Over the limit: 32018 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 120202022 · Over the limit: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
73% over the limit · 827% missed or late test · 3

Across Indiana, 78% of violations are missed or late tests and 3% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Arsenic2022-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0120 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.2×)2020-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0108 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2019-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0107 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2019-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2019-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2018-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0140 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2018-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2018-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Every violation on record

  1. 2022-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0120 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2020-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0108 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2019-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0107 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2019-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2019-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2018-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0140 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2018-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2018-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2018-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  10. 2010-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  11. 2009-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served35
Service connections1
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityPortland
EPA ZIP on file47371

Areas served

  • Portland, Jay County

Reading this record

Jay County Retirement Center is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 35 people in Portland, Indiana. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.