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Patriot Inn

At a glance

Patriot Inn (PWSID IN2440830) is an active transient non-community water system in LaGrange County, Indiana. It reports serving 30 people through 15 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 7 are 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

PWSIDIN2440830

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served30

Service connections15

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyIN state drinking water program

City servedHowe

StateIndiana

ZIP—

CountyLaGrange County

How does Patriot Inn compare with other water systems in LaGrange County?

By EPA's size categories, Patriot Inn is a very small system (500 people or fewer). LaGrange County has 211 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 123 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 25,879 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 Patriot Inn 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 Patriot Inn?

EPA lists Patriot Inn 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. 196 of the 211 active systems in LaGrange County (93%) are also privately owned.

Does Patriot Inn have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 7 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2025. The violations listed here began between February 2019 and January 2025. By type: 5 contaminant level above the legal limit, 3 monitoring and reporting, 2 required treatment not met, 1 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (5 of them). EPA lists 11 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
2025-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01	Nitratecode 1040	Yes	Resolved
2024-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01	Nitratecode 1040	Yes	Archived
2023-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01	Nitratecode 1040	Yes	Resolved
2021-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Nitratecode 1040	Yes	Resolved
2020-04-23	Required treatment not metFailure To Address Deficiency · code 45	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Resolved
2020-01-20	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherFailure to Consult with State · code 20	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01	Nitratecode 1040	Yes	Resolved
2019-08-27	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2019-07-25	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2019-07-02	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2019-02-05	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	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.

Patriot Inn: frequently asked questions

Who runs Patriot Inn?

Patriot Inn (PWSID IN2440830) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the IN state drinking water program.

How many people does Patriot Inn serve?

Patriot Inn reports serving 30 people through 15 service connections in LaGrange County, Indiana.

Where does Patriot Inn 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 Patriot Inn have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 7 are 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 Patriot Inn'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, 7 are 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 Patriot Inn's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Patriot Inn 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 LaGrange County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Lagrange Department of Water Works	LaGrange	2,625	Community	Groundwater
Prairie Heights High School	LaGrange	1,583	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Topeka Water Department	LaGrange	1,178	Community	Groundwater
Wolcottville Water Works	LaGrange	1,035	Community	Groundwater
Westview Jr./Sr. High School	LaGrange	788	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Shipshewana Water Works	LaGrange	703	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, “Patriot Inn, PWSID IN2440830, Indiana”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/indiana/patriot-inn-in2440830 (data as of October 1, 2026).