Is WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER's water safe to drink?
WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,075 people get their water from it, across 1,630 connections.
How this compares nationally
67 total violations and 3 health-based ones put WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER at the 63th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,762 of 12,903.
Against the IN average
IN's 283 covered systems average 2.9 health-based violations each; WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER carries 3, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER'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 WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER's record does not cover
WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER'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. Between the utility's meter and WEST TERRE HAUTE WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,762th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.