Is Greensburg Municipal Water Works Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Decatur

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

261

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
TTHM	77.63 µg/L 97% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 173 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	63.715 µg/L 106% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 124 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	352.7 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 386 µg/L	30/30	SYR4	2017
Lead	5.8 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 13.6 µg/L	21/30	SYR4	2017
Lead	0.0017 mg/L 11% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2027
Atrazine	0.5090 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 0.5300 µg/L	15/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1610 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2012–2017
Barium	190.7 µg/L 9.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 232 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	842.65 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 843 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Simazine	0.8165 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L worst single sample: 1.03 µg/L	8/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	4.54 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2015
Chloroform	94.81 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 104 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2015
Dibromochloromethane	1.59 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2015
Antimony, Total	0.5950 µg/L 9.9% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6000 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	2.03 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	1.0925 pCi/L 7.3% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.11 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2014
Nitrate-Nitrite	1275.5 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1300 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2018–2019
Chromium	1 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.9900 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/37	SYR4	2012–2019
Methoxychlor	0.3000 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 40 µg/L	1/36	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	0.1000 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 0.5000 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2012–2018

84 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SCHWENDENMANN, AARON
Phone: 812-663-2641
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Greensburg Municipal Water Works

Is Greensburg Municipal Water Works tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Greensburg Municipal Water Works's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Greensburg Municipal Water Works's water?

EPA monitoring detected TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Copper, Lead, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Greensburg Municipal Water Works serve?

Greensburg Municipal Water Works reports serving 12,650 people in Indiana, per its EPA record.

Has Greensburg Municipal Water Works had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 261 violations on file for Greensburg Municipal Water Works, of which 48 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.