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Arcola Inn & Ale

At a glance

Arcola Inn & Ale (PWSID IN2020063) is an active transient non-community water system in Allen County, Indiana. It reports serving 76 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDIN2020063

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served76

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedArcola

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyAllen County

How does Arcola Inn & Ale compare with other water systems in Allen County?

By EPA's size categories, Arcola Inn & Ale is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Allen County has 87 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 3,719 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 323,592 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Indiana, the 3,969 active systems average 1,456 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Arcola Inn & Ale is about half of that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Indiana has 2,596 active transient non-community water systems, 65% of the state's 3,969 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 3,769 Indiana systems (95%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Arcola Inn & Ale?

EPA lists Arcola Inn & Ale as privately owned. The IN state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 74 of the 87 active systems in Allen County (85%) are also privately owned.

Does Arcola Inn & Ale have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. The violations listed here began between January 2025 and March 2026. By type: 6 monitoring, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 required treatment not met and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 7 as archived, 2 as unaddressed and 1 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2026-03-22	Required treatment not metFailure To Address Deficiency · code 45	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Unaddressed
2026-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2026-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2026-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-12-22	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherFailure to Consult with State · code 20	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Unaddressed
2025-12-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-07-10	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSample Siting Plan Errors (RTCR) · code 5A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

All 10 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Arcola Inn & Ale: frequently asked questions

Who runs Arcola Inn & Ale?

Arcola Inn & Ale (PWSID IN2020063) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Arcola Inn & Ale serve?

Arcola Inn & Ale reports serving 76 people through 1 service connection in Allen County, Indiana.

Where does Arcola Inn & Ale get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Arcola Inn & Ale have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Arcola Inn & Ale's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Arcola Inn & Ale's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Arcola Inn & Ale is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Allen County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Fort Wayne - 3 Rivers Filtration Plant	Allen	269,994	Community	Surface water
New Haven Water Department	Allen	15,700	Community	Purchased surface water
Huntertown Water Works	Allen	14,058	Community	Groundwater
Pioneer Water L.L.C.	Allen	2,076	Community	Groundwater
Bf Goodrich Tire Manufacturing	Allen	1,750	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Maysville Region. Water & Sewer District	Allen	1,634	Community	Purchased surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Arcola Inn & Ale, PWSID IN2020063, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/arcola-inn-ale-in2020063 (data as of October 1, 2026).