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Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria

At a glance

Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria (PWSID IN2050802) is an active transient non-community water system in Blackford County, Indiana. It reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2022.

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

PWSIDIN2050802

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections3

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedHartford City

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyBlackford County

How does Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria compare with other water systems in Blackford County?

By EPA's size categories, Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Blackford County has 8 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 957 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 7,653 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 Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria 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 Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria?

EPA lists Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria 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. 5 of the 8 active systems in Blackford County (63%) are also privately owned.

Does Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2022. The violations listed here began between January 1993 and October 2022. By type: 3 monitoring and reporting, 3 monitoring, 2 reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2022-10-01	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2019-06-15	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherFailure to Consult with State · code 20	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-12-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-07-01	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2010-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1993-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

All 9 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.

Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria: frequently asked questions

Who runs Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria?

Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria (PWSID IN2050802) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria serve?

Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria reports serving 25 people through 3 service connections in Blackford County, Indiana.

Where does Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria 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 Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2022. 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 Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria'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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the IN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria 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 Blackford County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Hartford City Water Works	Blackford	5,600	Community	Groundwater
Montpelier Water Works	Blackford	1,515	Community	Groundwater
Lake Placid Conf. Cntr./Activities Cntr.	Blackford	150	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Wildwood Outdoor Escape (Camping)	Blackford	150	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Blackford County Security Center	Blackford	84	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Blackford Baptist Temple	Blackford	80	Transient non-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, “Lake Placid Conf. Ctr./Retreat/Cafeteria, PWSID IN2050802, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/lake-placid-conf-ctr-retreat-cafeteria-in2050802 (data as of October 1, 2026).