Community Water System · PWSID IN5272001

Scottsburg Water Department

Serves 7,369 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentScottsburg, Indiana
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On record since 2008: 56 violations. 39 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 14 missed or late tests · 2 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-09-01.

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39Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
14Missed or late test
2Notice or report

More violations on record than 98% 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

20052008 · Over the limit: 42008 · Over the limit: 42008 · Treatment lapse: 12009 · Over the limit: 52009 · Over the limit: 52009 · Over the limit: 52010 · Over the limit: 82010 · Over the limit: 82010 · Over the limit: 82010 · Over the limit: 820102011 · Over the limit: 82011 · Over the limit: 82011 · Over the limit: 82011 · Over the limit: 82012 · Over the limit: 12014 · Over the limit: 22015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Missed or late test: 132015 · Missed or late test: 132015 · Missed or late test: 132015 · Missed or late test: 132015 · Missed or late test: 132015 · Missed or late test: 132015 · Missed or late test: 1320152016 · Over the limit: 72016 · Over the limit: 72016 · Over the limit: 72016 · Over the limit: 72020 · Notice or report: 120202022 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
70% over the limit · 392% treatment lapse · 125% missed or late test · 144% notice or report · 2

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×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)2016-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 81.20 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2016-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 61.90 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.0×)2016-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 86.70 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2016-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 63.90 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.1×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 83.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2016-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 97.10 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.6×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 80.70 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2015-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 103.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.7×)2015-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 94.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.6×)2015-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 87.00 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.4×)2014-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 83.70 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.4×)2014-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 80.70 UG/L vs limit 60.00 UG/L (1.3×)2012-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0640 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2011-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0810 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.0×)2011-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0670 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2011-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0870 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2011-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1040 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2011-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1230 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.1×)2011-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1200 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2011-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1190 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2011-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1340 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.2×)2010-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1470 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.4×)2010-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1220 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.5×)2010-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1460 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.4×)2010-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1120 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2010-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1100 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2010-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0920 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2010-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0860 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2010-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0910 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2009-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0690 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.2×)2009-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0850 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2009-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0929 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2009-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1110 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2009-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1020 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2008-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1145 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2008-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0935 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2008-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 86.50 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2008-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0950 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)
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.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 6 results on file · action level 15 ppb

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Every violation on record

  1. 2024-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  2. 2022-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  3. 2020-10-30Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  4. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 81.20 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2016-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 61.90 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 86.70 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2016-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 63.90 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 83.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2016-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 97.10 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 80.70 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2015-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 103.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2015-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 94.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2015-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 87.00 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2015-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2015-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2015-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2015-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2015-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2015-01-01NickelMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2015-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2015-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2015-01-01CyanideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2015-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2015-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2015-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
Show the other 31 entries
  1. 2015-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 64.40 UG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2014-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 83.70 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2014-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 80.70 UG/L · limit 60.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2012-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0640 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2011-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0810 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2011-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0670 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2011-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0870 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2011-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1040 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2011-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1230 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2011-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1200 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2011-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1190 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2011-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1340 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2010-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1470 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2010-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1220 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2010-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1460 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2010-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1120 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2010-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1100 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2010-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0920 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2010-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0860 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2010-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0910 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2009-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0690 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2009-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2009-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0929 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2009-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1110 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  26. 2009-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1020 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  27. 2008-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1145 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  28. 2008-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0935 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  29. 2008-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 86.50 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  30. 2008-03-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  31. 2008-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0950 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served7,369
Service connections3,355
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityScottsburg
EPA ZIP on file47170

Areas served

  • Scottsburg, Scott County

Reading this record

Scottsburg Water Department is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 7,369 people in Scottsburg, 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.