- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 6.
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 6 samples, average 4.8 ppt, highest 9.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Jan 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 6 samples, average 4 ppt, highest 8.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Jan 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 2.7 ppt, highest 8.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Jan 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 1.8 ppt, highest 5.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Jan 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 6 samples, average 1.3 ppt, highest 7.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Jan 2025)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 6 samples, average 0.90 ppt, highest 5.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Jan 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 2 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Elkhart tap water? What EPA records show
EPA IN5220008 · serves Elkhart, IN · about 46,455 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Elkhart Public Works and Utilities (EPA IN5220008)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Elkhart's main utility, Elkhart Public Works and Utilities: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (IN5220008) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 6. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for Elkhart Public Works and Utilities, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (IN5220008) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Elkhart Public Works and Utilities (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 2 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 6.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Elkhart Public Works and Utilities use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Elkhart Public Works and Utilities's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.