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Murray Missionary Church

At a glance

Murray Missionary Church (PWSID IN2900023) is an active transient non-community water system in Wells County, Indiana. It reports serving 130 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025.

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

Population served

130

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDIN2900023
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served130
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program
City servedBluffton
StateIndiana
ZIP—
CountyWells County

How does Murray Missionary Church compare with other water systems in Wells County?

By EPA's size categories, Murray Missionary Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wells County has 25 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 845 people per system, and accounts for 0.6% of the 21,120 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 Murray Missionary Church is roughly in line with 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 Murray Missionary Church?

EPA lists Murray Missionary Church 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. 16 of the 25 active systems in Wells County (64%) are also privately owned.

Does Murray Missionary Church have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2024 and January 2025. By type: 2 monitoring and reporting, 1 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (2 of them). EPA lists 2 as archived and 2 as resolved. 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. 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
2025-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived
2024-10-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-08-11Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSample Siting Plan Errors (RTCR) · code 5ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived

All 4 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.

Murray Missionary Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Murray Missionary Church?

Murray Missionary Church (PWSID IN2900023) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Murray Missionary Church serve?

Murray Missionary Church reports serving 130 people through 1 service connection in Wells County, Indiana.

Where does Murray Missionary Church 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 Murray Missionary Church have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 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 Murray Missionary Church'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 4 violations for this system; 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 Murray Missionary Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Murray Missionary Church 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 Wells County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Bluffton Utilities Water DeptWells10,298CommunityGroundwater
Ossian Municipal Water DepartmentWells3,289CommunityGroundwater
Southern Wells Jr./Sr. High - Well 1Wells980Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Bummies B & K Root BeerWells962Transient non-communityGroundwater
Norwell High SchoolWells900Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Apostolic Christian ChurchWells800Transient 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, “Murray Missionary Church, PWSID IN2900023, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/murray-missionary-church-in2900023 (data as of October 1, 2026).