OAKLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
OAKLAND CITY 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: 2,938, over 1,176 connections.
OAKLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
125 total violations and 6 health-based ones put OAKLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,923 of 12,903.
How OAKLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT compares within IN
IN's 283 covered systems average 2.9 health-based violations each; OAKLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT carries 6, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for OAKLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2024-01-11 (health-based: 2017-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
OAKLAND CITY 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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
OAKLAND CITY 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. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for OAKLAND CITY WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.