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South Bend tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in South Bend. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, South Bend is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 92 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 355 violations across the community water system(s) serving South Bend, going back to the earliest EPA record. None were health-based; the records are monitoring or reporting violations (a required test or report was late or missed). Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Middle Island Lake Association
92 served · groundwater · PWSID NE3120623 - Monitoring p-Isopropyltoluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chloromethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Dichlorodifluoromethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Bromomethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Trichlorofluoromethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring trans-1,3-Dichloropropene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring cis-1,3-Dichloropropene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Hexachlorobutadiene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Naphthalene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Dibromomethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,1-Dichloropropene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,3-Dichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,2-Dichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring n-Butylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring tert-Butylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Bromochloromethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chloroform: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Bromoform: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Bromodichloromethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Dibromochloromethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring DICHLOROMETHANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring o-Chlorotoluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring p-Chlorotoluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring m-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring o-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring p-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Vinyl chloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,1-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,1-Dichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,1,1-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Carbon tetrachloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Trichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,1,2-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Tetrachloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring CHLOROBENZENE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Benzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Toluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Ethylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Bromobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Isopropylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring m-Xylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Styrene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring o-Xylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring n-Propylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring sec-Butylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in August 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between November 2003 and August 2005. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between October 1999 and July 2002. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 1994. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.