Public water system · IN2200156

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Handy Spot

At a glance

Handy Spot (PWSID IN2200156) is an active transient non-community water system in Elkhart County, Indiana. It reports serving 54 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023.

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

PWSIDIN2200156

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served54

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedElkhart

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyElkhart County

How does Handy Spot compare with other water systems in Elkhart County?

By EPA's size categories, Handy Spot is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Elkhart County has 284 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 489 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 138,737 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 Handy Spot is about 62% 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 Handy Spot?

EPA lists Handy Spot 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. 256 of the 284 active systems in Elkhart County (90%) are also privately owned.

Does Handy Spot have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. The violations listed here began between January 2017 and July 2023. By type: 4 monitoring, 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 7 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
2023-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-02-04	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Resolved
2023-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-12-20	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

All 7 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.

Handy Spot: frequently asked questions

Who runs Handy Spot?

Handy Spot (PWSID IN2200156) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Handy Spot serve?

Handy Spot reports serving 54 people through 1 service connection in Elkhart County, Indiana.

Where does Handy Spot 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 Handy Spot have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. 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 Handy Spot'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 7 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2023. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Handy Spot's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Handy Spot 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 Elkhart County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Elkhart Public Works and Utilities	Elkhart	46,455	Community	Groundwater
Goshen Water Utility	Elkhart	32,267	Community	Groundwater
Nappanee Water Utility	Elkhart	6,800	Community	Groundwater
Middlebury Water Department	Elkhart	3,420	Community	Groundwater
Nappanee Missionary Church	Elkhart	2,545	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Wakarusa Water Works	Elkhart	1,998	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, “Handy Spot, PWSID IN2200156, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/handy-spot-in2200156 (data as of October 1, 2026).