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Craft Station

Transient non-community system in New Carlisle, LaPorte County, Indiana, serving 405 people from ground water. 3 rules violated in the past three years, 1 still unresolved. Privately owned.

People served 405 ground water
Rules violated, past 3 years 3 one rule can carry several violations
Unresolved 1 rules currently in violation, EPA data updated Oct 7, 2026
Quarters with violations 11 of the last 12 quarters

Quarterly compliance history

VQ3
2023
–Q4
2023
SQ1
2024
SQ2
2024
VQ3
2024
VQ4
2024
VQ1
2025
VQ2
2025
VQ3
2025
VQ4
2025
VQ1
2026
SQ2
2026
UQ3
2026
–No violation identified VViolation identified SSerious violator (EPA enforcement priority) UUndetermined Oldest quarter on the left. Quarters 1 to 12 are the twelve most recent official quarters at EPA's last data refresh; the 13th is the quarter in progress at that refresh, which EPA reports as undetermined.

Currently in violation

EPA data updated Oct 7, 2026

Nitrate Rule

Maximum Contaminant Level Violation Health-based

4 violations, Jul 2023 to Dec 2026 · 4 measured values

EPA rule code 331 · 4 violations recorded, 1 still open, 4 health-based

Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, health-based: 4 violations, 1 still open, Jul 2023 to open. A sample exceeded the maximum contaminant level EPA allows in drinking water.

Measured
Nitrate 16 MG/L

Limit 10 MG/L · Jan to Dec 2026

Nitrate 20 MG/L

Limit 10 MG/L · Jan to Dec 2025

Nitrate 11.9 MG/L

Limit 10 MG/L · Jan to Dec 2024

Nitrate 10.3 MG/L

Limit 10 MG/L · Jul to Sep 2023

What the rule requires: Nitrate (NO₃) is the most common chemical contaminant in US groundwater, entering from fertilizers, septic systems, and animal waste. It is odorless and tasteless — the only way to know if it's present is to test.

Health effects: Methemoglobinemia in infants under 6 months: gut bacteria convert nitrate to nitrite, which blocks oxygen transport in blood. Pregnant women should also take precautions. Chronic adult exposure at elevated levels may increase cancer risk. Limit: 10 mg/L as nitrogen (NO₃-N)

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Also violated in the past three years

Jul to Sep 2023 to Jul to Sep 2026

Revised Total Coliform Rule

Monitoring ViolationReporting Violation

3 violations, Sep 2024 to Jun 2026

EPA rule code 111 · 3 violations recorded

Monitoring Violation: 2 violations, Oct 2024 to Jun 2026. The system did not complete required monitoring. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Reporting Violation: 1 violation, Sep 2024 to Nov 2024. The system did not report required information on time.

What the rule requires: The 2013 RTCR (effective 2016) replaced the original TCR. It triggers automatic E. coli testing whenever total coliform is found. A single E. coli-positive sample is an acute MCL violation. It also requires systems exceeding 5% total coliform-positive samples to conduct a formal assessment and correct any deficiencies, helping prevent contamination before it escalates.

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Ground Water Rule

Other ViolationTreatment Technique Violation Health-based

3 violations, Mar 2025 to Oct 2025

EPA rule code 140 · 3 violations recorded, 2 health-based

Treatment Technique Violation, health-based: 2 violations, Jun 2025 to Oct 2025. The system did not carry out a required treatment process or corrective action.

Other Violation: 1 violation, Mar 2025 to Oct 2025. A requirement other than monitoring, reporting, or a contaminant limit, such as public notice or the annual water quality report.

What the rule requires: The 2006 GWR requires regular sanitary surveys of groundwater systems and targeted corrective action when fecal indicators are found in source water. Systems with significant deficiencies must provide 4-log virus treatment (99.99% removal/inactivation) or fix the deficiency.

Health effects: Protects against enteric viruses, which can contaminate groundwater via cracked well casings, failing septic systems, or animal waste. Viruses persist longer in groundwater than in surface water. Hepatitis A and norovirus are the primary pathogens of concern. Limit: Treatment technique: 4-log virus treatment required when source water has fecal indicators or significant sanitary deficiencies

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About this data

Rules violated and the list above come from EPA's SDWIS violation records, one row per violation and contaminant, grouped by the rule each row belongs to. A violation counts when its non-compliance period ended on or after Jul 1, 2023, the start of the thirteen quarters ECHO's three-year figures cover, or is still open; it is unresolved when it was still open at EPA's data refresh on Oct 7, 2026. EPA's rule code 500, "Not Regulated", is left out, as in ECHO's counts. Each rule's violation count is EPA's, and one rule can carry several: a missed monitoring round for a group of contaminants is one violation per contaminant and period. Category names are EPA's violation categories.

ECHO's own summary count of rules violated agrees with this grouping for 98.8% of active systems nationally, and its count of rules being violated for 98.7%; where they differ, the figures here follow the rows listed.

A measured value shown with a rule is the sample result EPA recorded with that violation (SDWIS viol_measure), against the limit EPA recorded on the same row (state_mcl), both in EPA's unit as written; violations without a recorded value, such as missed monitoring, show none. Other measured contaminant levels are not part of this record; each system publishes them in its annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Service area from EPA's Public Water System Service Area Boundaries dataset: location confidence LOWER. The system's location is the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Indiana records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.