Public water system · IN2640949

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Open Door Fellowship Church

At a glance

Open Door Fellowship Church (PWSID IN2640949) is an active transient non-community water system in Porter County, Indiana. It reports serving 178 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2022.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

178

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDIN2640949

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served178

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedKouts

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyPorter County

How does Open Door Fellowship Church compare with other water systems in Porter County?

By EPA's size categories, Open Door Fellowship Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Porter County has 81 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 748 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 60,622 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 Open Door Fellowship Church is about 24% above 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 Open Door Fellowship Church?

EPA lists Open Door Fellowship 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. 65 of the 81 active systems in Porter County (80%) are also privately owned.

Does Open Door Fellowship Church have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2022. The violations listed here began between August 2000 and October 2022. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting, 2 monitoring and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (9 of them). EPA lists 11 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
2022-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2012-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2009-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2009-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2006-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2002-02-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2001-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2000-09-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2000-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

All 11 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.

Open Door Fellowship Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Open Door Fellowship Church?

Open Door Fellowship Church (PWSID IN2640949) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Open Door Fellowship Church serve?

Open Door Fellowship Church reports serving 178 people through 1 service connection in Porter County, Indiana.

Where does Open Door Fellowship 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 Open Door Fellowship Church have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 1 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 Open Door Fellowship 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 11 violations for this system; 1 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 Open Door Fellowship Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Open Door Fellowship 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 Porter County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Valparaiso Department of Water Works	Porter	36,000	Community	Groundwater
Hebron Water Department	Porter	3,724	Community	Groundwater
L-A-C Utilities	Porter	2,441	Community	Purchased groundwater
Kouts Water Works	Porter	2,028	Community	Groundwater
St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic	Porter	1,201	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Ogden Dunes Water	Porter	1,110	Community	Purchased surface water

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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, “Open Door Fellowship Church, PWSID IN2640949, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/open-door-fellowship-church-in2640949 (data as of October 1, 2026).