FORT BRANCH WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
FORT BRANCH WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 4,020, over 1,608 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
54 total violations and 1 health-based ones put FORT BRANCH WATER DEPARTMENT at the 43th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,416 of 12,903.
How FORT BRANCH WATER DEPARTMENT compares within IN
IN's 283 covered systems average 2.9 health-based violations each; FORT BRANCH WATER DEPARTMENT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FORT BRANCH WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FORT BRANCH 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is FORT BRANCH WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 54 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.