TELL CITY WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained

TELL 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: 9,315, over 3,450 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, TELL CITY WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 4,712th by violation burden (63th percentile) - 99 violations total, 3 health-baseds.

Against the IN average

Among the 283 IN systems in this dataset, the average is 2.9 health-based violations - TELL CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's 3 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

TELL CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

The concern categories on record

TELL 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: 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 TELL CITY WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover

TELL 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 - 3 health-based violations on file for TELL 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.