Aberdeen Pate Water Company, Inc., IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.06 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Aberdeen Pate Water Company, Inc. at a glance
Aberdeen Pate Water Company, Inc. serves about 4,787 people through 2,113 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ohio County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5258001; phone on file: 812-438-3428. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.4 ppb from 2.66 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aberdeen Pate Water Company, Inc. is 7.2 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.06 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.66 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.59 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.74 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.1 ppb |
Against other Indiana systems
Of the 687 Indiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.31 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 36 have gone over at some point. Aberdeen Pate Water Company, Inc.'s 4.06 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Indiana and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
1 other system shares Ohio County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Aberdeen Pate Water Company, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rising Sun Utilities | 2,400 | 6.85 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Aurora, IN may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Aberdeen Pate Water Company, Inc. whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1420 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.