Public water system · IN2070001
ActiveBelmont Retreat Cistern
At a glance
Belmont Retreat Cistern (PWSID IN2070001) is an active transient non-community water system in Brown County, Indiana. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is purchased groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
25
Service connections
1
Primary source
GWP
Purchased groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Belmont Retreat Cistern compare with other water systems in Brown County?
By EPA's size categories, Belmont Retreat Cistern is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Brown County has 5 active public water systems, and Belmont Retreat Cistern is the 5th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 4,994 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 24,969 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 Belmont Retreat Cistern is well below 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. Purchased groundwater means the system buys groundwater from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 83 Indiana systems (2.1%) list purchased groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Belmont Retreat Cistern?
EPA lists Belmont Retreat Cistern 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. 2 of the 5 active systems in Brown County (40%) are also privately owned.
Does Belmont Retreat Cistern have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. The violations listed here began between September 2024 and March 2026. By type: 8 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (8 of them). EPA lists 8 as archived. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-09-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-08-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-06-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2024-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2024-09-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
All 8 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.
Belmont Retreat Cistern: frequently asked questions
Who runs Belmont Retreat Cistern?
Belmont Retreat Cistern (PWSID IN2070001) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.
How many people does Belmont Retreat Cistern serve?
Belmont Retreat Cistern reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Brown County, Indiana.
Where does Belmont Retreat Cistern get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as purchased groundwater. Purchased groundwater means the system buys groundwater from another public water system rather than drawing its own.
Does Belmont Retreat Cistern have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none 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 Belmont Retreat Cistern'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 8 violations for this system; none 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 Belmont Retreat Cistern's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Belmont Retreat Cistern 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 Brown County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Water Utility | Brown | 15,368 | Community | Groundwater |
| Cordry Sweetwater Conservancy District | Brown | 3,425 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
| Nashville Water Department | Brown | 3,315 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Brown County State Park | Brown | 2,836 | Non-transient non-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, “Belmont Retreat Cistern, PWSID IN2070001, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/belmont-retreat-cistern-in2070001 (data as of October 1, 2026).