Brook Water Utility, IN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Brook Water Utility serves about 986 people through 427 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 Newton County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5256002; phone on file: 219-863-6553. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brook Water Utility is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Brook Water Utility's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Indiana and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Newton County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brook Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kentland Water Works | 1,735 | 1.86 ppb |
| Morocco Water Department | 1,200 | - |
| Goodland Water Works | 990 | 4.25 ppb |
| Ten Oaks Mhp | 270 | 0 (not detected) |
| George Ade Memorial Health Care Center | 140 | 0.39 ppb |
| Newton Co. Regional Water & Sewer | 130 | 0.6 ppb |
| River Bend Manor Mobile Home Park | 44 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Brook, IN
Look up your address in Brook Water Utility's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Brook Water Utility 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.