Is ELKHART PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES Water Safe to Drink in 2026?
Indiana · PWSID IN5220008 · Ground water
Population served
46,455
Cities served
ELKHART
State / jurisdiction
Indiana (IN)
PWSID
IN5220008
F
TAP WATER GRADE
High risk
Model score 0/88 from violations, PFAS profile, and monitoring signals — not a laboratory test of your faucet.
200 violation record(s) in the latest EPA SDWA quarterly snapshotPFAS above EPA MCL (UCMR5 regulated compounds)
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CONTAMINANTS — EPA UCMR5 MONITORING
Compound
Level (ppt)
EPA limit
Health guideline
Status
PFBS
9.8
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxSregulated
8.8
10 ppt
Within / n/a
MCL exceedance
PFPeA
8.3
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFBA
7.5
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxA
5.5
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFOAregulated
5.2
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
Source: EPA UCMR5 · ppt = parts per trillion · MCL = enforceable limit for regulated PFAS
VIOLATIONS HISTORY (FEDERAL SNAPSHOT)
EPA’s national SDWA quarterly files associate 200 violation-related records with this system in the same reporting quarter as the utility snapshot used on WaterCheckup. This is not a complete historical docket — see ECHO and SDWIS for full compliance context.
Based on ELKHART PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES's monitoring and violation profile, here are vetted filtration options — same picks framework as our city reports.
TOP PICKS FOR ELKHART PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
⚠ EPA violations / contaminants in monitoring data
WHY THIS FOR ELKHART PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES · Chosen for ELKHART PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES because PFAS was detected at 9.8 ppt in UCMR5 — above the 4 ppt limit for some regulated compounds — and this system shows 200 violation record(s) in the latest federal snapshot. RO removes 99%+ of PFAS at the tap.
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