Public water system · IN2790933

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Cary Scout Camp - Main Well

At a glance

Cary Scout Camp - Main Well (PWSID IN2790933) is an active transient non-community water system in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It reports serving 85 people through 7 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025.

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

PWSIDIN2790933

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served85

Service connections7

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedLafayette

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyTippecanoe County

How does Cary Scout Camp - Main Well compare with other water systems in Tippecanoe County?

By EPA's size categories, Cary Scout Camp - Main Well is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Tippecanoe County has 89 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,976 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 175,886 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 Cary Scout Camp - Main Well is about 41% 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. 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 Cary Scout Camp - Main Well?

EPA lists Cary Scout Camp - Main Well 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. 75 of the 89 active systems in Tippecanoe County (84%) are also privately owned.

Does Cary Scout Camp - Main Well have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025. The violations listed here began between April 2016 and November 2025. By type: 8 monitoring, 3 monitoring and reporting and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (9 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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
2025-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2021-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-10-10	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-07-27	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2018-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-06-13	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent 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.

Cary Scout Camp - Main Well: frequently asked questions

Who runs Cary Scout Camp - Main Well?

Cary Scout Camp - Main Well (PWSID IN2790933) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Cary Scout Camp - Main Well serve?

Cary Scout Camp - Main Well reports serving 85 people through 7 service connections in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Where does Cary Scout Camp - Main Well 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 Cary Scout Camp - Main Well have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025. 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 Cary Scout Camp - Main Well'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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Cary Scout Camp - Main Well's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Cary Scout Camp - Main Well 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 Tippecanoe County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Lafayette Water Works	Tippecanoe	70,835	Community	Groundwater
Purdue Univ. Water Works	Tippecanoe	50,000	Community	Groundwater
Indiana American Water - West Lafayette	Tippecanoe	35,533	Community	Groundwater
Battle Ground Water District	Tippecanoe	1,940	Community	Groundwater
Dayton Water Utility	Tippecanoe	1,420	Community	Purchased groundwater
Family Express #43 Lafayette Sr 25	Tippecanoe	1,107	Transient non-community	Groundwater

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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, “Cary Scout Camp - Main Well, PWSID IN2790933, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/cary-scout-camp-main-well-in2790933 (data as of October 1, 2026).