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Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc..

At a glance

Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. (PWSID IN2910023) is an active transient non-community water system in White County, Indiana. It reports serving 100 people through 100 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, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 2025.

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

Population served

100

Service connections

100

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDIN2910023
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served100
Service connections100
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program
City servedMonticello
StateIndiana
ZIP—
CountyWhite County

How does Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. compare with other water systems in White County?

By EPA's size categories, Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). White County has 78 active public water systems. Its population served is about 64% below the county average of 276 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 21,514 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 Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. is about 31% 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 Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc..?

EPA lists Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. 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. 70 of the 78 active systems in White County (90%) are also privately owned.

Does Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 2025. The violations listed here began between May 2022 and August 2025. By type: 8 monitoring, 3 required treatment not met and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (11 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-08-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoArchived
2025-05-09Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2DRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000YesResolved
2024-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-06-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-05-09Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2DRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000YesResolved
2024-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2023-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2023-09-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2023-07-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2022-05-09Required treatment not metTreatment Technique Startup Procedures (RTCR) · code 2DRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000YesResolved

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.

Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc..: frequently asked questions

Who runs Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc..?

Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. (PWSID IN2910023) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. serve?

Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. reports serving 100 people through 100 service connections in White County, Indiana.

Where does Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. 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 Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 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 Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc..'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, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in August 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc..'s water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.. 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 White County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Monticello Water WorksWhite5,300CommunityGroundwater
Indiana Beach, Inc..White2,500Transient non-communityGroundwater
Brookston Water DepartmentWhite1,815CommunityGroundwater
Monon Water UtilityWhite1,700CommunityGroundwater
I.B. CampgroundWhite1,103Transient non-communityGroundwater
Wolcott Water WorksWhite1,001CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Elsons Ponderosa Campground Inc.., PWSID IN2910023, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/elsons-ponderosa-campground-inc-in2910023 (data as of October 1, 2026).