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Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc..

At a glance

Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. (PWSID IN2380009) is an active transient non-community water system in Jay County, Indiana. It reports serving 35 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025.

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

Population served

35

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDIN2380009
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served35
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program
City servedPortland
StateIndiana
ZIP—
CountyJay County

How does Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. compare with other water systems in Jay County?

By EPA's size categories, Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Jay County has 30 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 439 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 13,183 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 Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. 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 Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc..?

EPA lists Jay Co. Scout Facility 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. 25 of the 30 active systems in Jay County (83%) are also privately owned.

Does Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. The violations listed here began between November 2019 and September 2025. By type: 9 monitoring, 2 reporting and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (11 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-09-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-06-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-09-12Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34E. colicode 3014NoResolved
2024-08-01ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4BRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2022-08-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2022-06-01ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4BRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2021-08-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2021-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2021-01-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-11-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2020-03-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2019-11-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

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.

Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc..: frequently asked questions

Who runs Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc..?

Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. (PWSID IN2380009) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. serve?

Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. reports serving 35 people through 1 service connection in Jay County, Indiana.

Where does Jay Co. Scout Facility 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 Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.. have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 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 Jay Co. Scout Facility 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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc..'s water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Jay Co. Scout Facility 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 Jay County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Portland Municipal Water PlantJay6,209CommunityGroundwater
Dunkirk Water DepartmentJay2,305CommunityGroundwater
Redkey Water PlantJay1,323CommunityGroundwater
Pennville Water CompanyJay706CommunityGroundwater
Holy Trinity ChurchJay400Transient non-communityGroundwater
Bloomfield Elementary SchoolJay300Non-transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Jay Co. Scout Facility Inc.., PWSID IN2380009, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/jay-co-scout-facility-inc-in2380009 (data as of October 1, 2026).