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Ranking of Counties In Accepting New Sewage Flow Since 1993

Based on Wastewater Treatment Facility Construction Permits

Issued Pursuant to 327 IAC 3-2-1 Since 1993

Prepared by Tom Neltner of Improving Kids’ Environment

Based on IDEM’s Facility Construction Database

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County

Total New Daily Sewage Flow Since 1993 (gallons)

Largest Flow for Single Permit (gallons)

Number of Permits Issued Since 1993

Totals

 

 

 

Marion

57359108

8240000

1635

Hamilton

31147731

3000000

1024

Lake

25410733

7320000

506

Hendricks

23162208

1460410

658

Tippecanoe

19251291

9000000

276

Elkhart

17370740

1743650

332

Vanderburgh

16881222

3187114

375

St. Joseph

16501360

2318800

304

Monroe

14962669

3000000

344

Allen

14596671

1131500

642

Johnson

12829475

1264000

394

Laporte

11371941

4962162

119

Porter

6568288

520000

242

Bartholomew

6244680

3330000

109

Clark

6209089

492590

231

Boone

5505669

600000

150

Howard

5404963

2380000

141

Warrick

5104284

1847180

190

Dekalb

3894875

700000

105

Marshall

3834567

749800

63

Madison

3798742

439500

167

Shelby

3605877

1002550

67

Steuben

3278574

601260

100

Dearborn

2976191

400000

121

Gibson

2874640

640000

58

Hancock

2846873

430000

171

Vigo

2805671

543625

88

Decatur

2646559

1485000

52

Miami

2495486

1000000

50

Dubois

2359520

550000

117

Whitley

2257237

582500

59

Henry

2098134

443000

58

Floyd

2016624

400185

136

Morgan

1622858

225000

92

Delaware

1561905

120200

96

Huntington

1458565

350000

66

Grant

1444036

250000

60

Putnam

1407689

262620

66

Wayne

1372889

395400

46

Noble

1322312

184500

85

Clinton

1055996

537978

33

Cass

921947

250000

25

Kosciusko

896719

187410

70

Daviess

881300

565950

54

Spencer

873310

140000

49

Ripley

824975

180000

63

Jasper

817785

192000

45

Jennings

721633

121500

48

Martin

696962

462672

45

Jefferson

692486

128500

63

Harrison

671657

187615

51

Lagrange

629052

135360

42

Fayette

613184

101514

30

Pike

605000

600000

9

Crawford

587809

236000

17

Montgomery

572558

70000

67

White

553446

69810

41

Clay

523895

175120

48

Jackson

513270

62750

52

Union

494880

144000

12

Scott

481540

95100

37

Knox

444151

202980

33

Parke

438765

112000

15

Wells

398205

75000

41

Randolph

397840

216000

22

Fountain

376140

164000

16

Greene

355330

243350

39

Jay

338820

144000

22

Adams

337015

69000

24

Wabash

317585

64810

33

Franklin

305270

140370

20

Blackford

215070

64480

22

Vermillion

206363

106123

23

Posey

204575

36000

39

Pulaski

184630

173700

7

Switzerland

171110

80000

12

Rush

168430

88490

16

Orange

143823

124993

17

Washington

142070

71500

25

Perry

111160

25000

23

Ohio

106720

72500

11

Tipton

103005

59520

14

Fulton

86317

33000

11

Lawrence

68600

25200

16

Benton

66955

16580

23

Carroll

66500

64000

10

Sullivan

57660

19200

22

Owen

55500

16120

15

Newton

42670

22000

11

Starke

42570

7750

15

Brown

41370

19840

13

Warren

18600

11160

6

Not Assigned

 

 

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