Public water system · IN2750865

Active

Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area

At a glance

Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area (PWSID IN2750865) is an active transient non-community water system in Starke County, Indiana. It reports serving 90 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a state government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 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

PWSIDIN2750865

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served90

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeState government

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedNorth Judson

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyStarke County

How does Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area compare with other water systems in Starke County?

By EPA's size categories, Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Starke County has 47 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 280 people per system, and accounts for 0.7% of the 13,174 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 Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area is about 37% 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 Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area?

EPA lists Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area as owned by a state government. 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. 1 of the 47 active systems in Starke County (2.1%) are also owned by a state government.

Does Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between August 2021 and January 2025. By type: 8 monitoring and 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (8 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2024-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	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
2022-10-26	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2022-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-01-20	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2021-12-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-11-12	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2021-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

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.

Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area: frequently asked questions

Who runs Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area?

Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area (PWSID IN2750865) is a transient non-community water system owned by a state government. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area serve?

Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area reports serving 90 people through 2 service connections in Starke County, Indiana.

Where does Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area 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 Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area 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 January 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 Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area'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 January 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area 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 Starke County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Knox Water Works	Starke	3,700	Community	Groundwater
North Judson Water Company	Starke	1,800	Community	Groundwater
Grovertown Truckstop, LLC	Starke	1,000	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Hamlet Water Works	Starke	801	Community	Groundwater
Oregon-Davis Elementary & High School	Starke	575	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Richards of Toto	Starke	515	Transient non-community	Groundwater

Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.

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, “Kankakee State Fish & Wildlife Area, PWSID IN2750865, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/kankakee-state-fish-wildlife-area-in2750865 (data as of October 1, 2026).