Blue River Regional Water District, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.57 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Blue River Regional Water District
Blue River Regional Water District serves about 2,000 people through 800 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Crawford County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5213006; phone on file: 812-633-7862. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Blue River Regional Water District's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blue River Regional Water District is 2.57 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.57 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. Blue River Regional Water District's 2.57 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Indiana and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Crawford County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Blue River Regional Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Water Company, Inc. | 2,678 | 0 (not detected) |
| Patoka Water Company, Inc. | 1,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| English Water Works | 886 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grantsburg Rural Water Company | 250 | 1.32 ppb |
| Leavenworth Water Company | 233 | 3.92 ppb |
Next steps for Milltown, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Milltown, 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 Blue River Regional Water District whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.