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Indian Creek Youth Camp

At a glance

Indian Creek Youth Camp (PWSID TN0004520) is an active transient non-community water system in DeKalb County, Tennessee. It reports serving 350 people through 25 service connections. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2019.

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

Population served

350

Service connections

Primary source

Surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDTN0004520

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served350

Service connections25

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyTN state drinking water program

City served—

StateTennessee

ZIP—

CountyDeKalb County

How does Indian Creek Youth Camp compare with other water systems in DeKalb County?

By EPA's size categories, Indian Creek Youth Camp is a very small system (500 people or fewer). DeKalb County has 6 active public water systems, and Indian Creek Youth Camp is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 4,996 people per system, and accounts for 1.2% of the 29,977 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Tennessee, the 1,383 active systems average 5,780 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Indian Creek Youth Camp is about 143% 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. Tennessee has 891 active transient non-community water systems, 64% of the state's 1,383 active systems. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 151 Tennessee systems (11%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Indian Creek Youth Camp?

EPA lists Indian Creek Youth Camp as privately owned. The TN 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 6 active systems in DeKalb County (17%) are also privately owned.

Does Indian Creek Youth Camp have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2019. The violations listed here began between December 2017 and February 2019. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is E. coli (10 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
2019-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2018-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-06-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-03-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-02-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2017-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (LT2) · code 32	E. colicode 3014	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.

Indian Creek Youth Camp: frequently asked questions

Who runs Indian Creek Youth Camp?

Indian Creek Youth Camp (PWSID TN0004520) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the TN state drinking water program.

How many people does Indian Creek Youth Camp serve?

Indian Creek Youth Camp reports serving 350 people through 25 service connections in DeKalb County, Tennessee.

Where does Indian Creek Youth Camp get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Indian Creek Youth Camp 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 February 2019. 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 Indian Creek Youth Camp'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 February 2019. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the TN state drinking water program.

Where can I find Indian Creek Youth Camp's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Indian Creek Youth Camp 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 DeKalb County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Dekalb Utility District #1	DeKalb	17,960	Community	Surface water
Smithville Water System	DeKalb	7,049	Community	Surface water
Alexandria Water System	DeKalb	2,626	Community	Purchased surface water
Dowelltown-Liberty W.S.	DeKalb	1,065	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
Dekalb Utility District #4	DeKalb	927	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, “Indian Creek Youth Camp, PWSID TN0004520, Tennessee”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/tennessee/indian-creek-youth-camp-tn0004520 (data as of October 1, 2026).