Is BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY's water safe to drink?
BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 15,368 people get their water from it, across 6,147 connections.
How this compares nationally
BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY has 45 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,454th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 73th percentile nationally.
Against the IN average
Among the 283 IN systems in this dataset, the average is 2.9 health-based violations - BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY's 5 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY's record does not cover
This is what BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for BROWN COUNTY WATER UTILITY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.