What's in MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 5,000 people get their water from it, across 2,000 connections.
MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 521th by violation burden (96th percentile) - 71 violations total, 32 health-baseds.
How MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT compares within IN
Among the 283 IN systems in this dataset, the average is 2.9 health-based violations - MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT's 32 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2025-07-10 (health-based: 2025-07-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MITCHELL 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine; CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 this data is and is not
This is what MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT 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. Between the utility's meter and MITCHELL WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 521th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.