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Franks Backyard Bbq

At a glance

Franks Backyard Bbq (PWSID IN2450078) is an active transient non-community water system in Lake County, Indiana. It reports serving 40 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 July 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

PWSIDIN2450078

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served40

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedCedar Lake

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyLake County

How does Franks Backyard Bbq compare with other water systems in Lake County?

By EPA's size categories, Franks Backyard Bbq is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lake County has 110 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 4,845 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 532,973 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 Franks Backyard Bbq 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. 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 Franks Backyard Bbq?

EPA lists Franks Backyard Bbq 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. 86 of the 110 active systems in Lake County (78%) are also privately owned.

Does Franks Backyard Bbq have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and July 2025. By type: 7 monitoring, 1 required treatment not met, 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved and 2 as unaddressed. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-07-11	Required treatment not metFailure To Address Deficiency · code 45	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Unaddressed
2025-04-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherFailure to Consult with State · code 20	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Unaddressed
2023-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

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.

Franks Backyard Bbq: frequently asked questions

Who runs Franks Backyard Bbq?

Franks Backyard Bbq (PWSID IN2450078) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Franks Backyard Bbq serve?

Franks Backyard Bbq reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in Lake County, Indiana.

Where does Franks Backyard Bbq 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 Franks Backyard Bbq have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 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 Franks Backyard Bbq'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 July 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Franks Backyard Bbq's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Franks Backyard Bbq 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 Lake County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Indiana American Water - Northwest	Lake	210,510	Community	Surface water
Hammond Water Works Department	Lake	78,384	Community	Surface water
Schererville Water Department	Lake	30,000	Community	Purchased surface water
Crown Point Water Works	Lake	30,000	Community	Purchased surface water
East Chicago Water Works	Lake	26,370	Community	Surface water
St. John Municipal Water Utility	Lake	25,700	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, “Franks Backyard Bbq, PWSID IN2450078, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/franks-backyard-bbq-in2450078 (data as of October 1, 2026).