Is BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,388, over 1,854 connections.

How this compares nationally

8 total violations and 3 health-based ones put BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT at the 58th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,392 of 12,903.

How BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT compares within IN

IN's 283 covered systems average 2.9 health-based violations each; BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT carries 3, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2016-01-01 (health-based: 1983-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

• Other regulated metals - flagged from: Selenium

The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and BERNE WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,392th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.