Brookston Water Department, 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
Brookston Water Department serves about 1,815 people through 726 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 White County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5291002; phone on file: 765-409-0594. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brookston Water Department is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Brookston Water Department compares
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. Brookston Water Department's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 23rd percentile in Indiana and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share White County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brookston Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Monticello Water Works | 5,300 | 1.99 ppb |
| Monon Water Utility | 1,700 | 2.29 ppb |
| Wolcott Water Works | 1,001 | 2.31 ppb |
| Chalmers Water Works | 550 | 1.89 ppb |
| Reynolds Water Works | 533 | 0 (not detected) |
| Royal Oaks Homeowners Assn., Inc. | 390 | 6.5 ppb |
| Lake Hill Park - Thayer Inc. | 104 | 0.99 ppb |
| Lazy Oaks | 48 | - |
| Scenic View Mobile Home Community | 25 | 4.11 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Brookston Water Department'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 Brookston Water Department 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.