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Hidden Cove Amish School

At a glance

Hidden Cove Amish School (PWSID IN2440085) is an active transient non-community water system in LaGrange County, Indiana. It reports serving 40 people through 5 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2026.

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

Population served

40

Service connections

5

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDIN2440085
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served40
Service connections5
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program
City servedShipshewana
StateIndiana
ZIP—
CountyLaGrange County

How does Hidden Cove Amish School compare with other water systems in LaGrange County?

By EPA's size categories, Hidden Cove Amish School is a very small system (500 people or fewer). LaGrange County has 211 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 123 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 25,879 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 Hidden Cove Amish School 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 Hidden Cove Amish School?

EPA lists Hidden Cove Amish School 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. 196 of the 211 active systems in LaGrange County (93%) are also privately owned.

Does Hidden Cove Amish School have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2026. The violations listed here began between April 2022 and February 2026. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is E. coli (2 of them). EPA lists 3 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2026-02-15Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34E. colicode 3014NoResolved
2024-06-27Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34E. colicode 3014NoResolved
2022-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

All 3 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.

Hidden Cove Amish School: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hidden Cove Amish School?

Hidden Cove Amish School (PWSID IN2440085) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Hidden Cove Amish School serve?

Hidden Cove Amish School reports serving 40 people through 5 service connections in LaGrange County, Indiana.

Where does Hidden Cove Amish School 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 Hidden Cove Amish School have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 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 Hidden Cove Amish School'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 3 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hidden Cove Amish School's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hidden Cove Amish School 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 LaGrange County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Lagrange Department of Water WorksLaGrange2,625CommunityGroundwater
Prairie Heights High SchoolLaGrange1,583Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Topeka Water DepartmentLaGrange1,178CommunityGroundwater
Wolcottville Water WorksLaGrange1,035CommunityGroundwater
Westview Jr./Sr. High SchoolLaGrange788Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Shipshewana Water WorksLaGrange703CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Hidden Cove Amish School, PWSID IN2440085, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/hidden-cove-amish-school-in2440085 (data as of October 1, 2026).