Brookville Water Works, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (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. 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.
Brookville Water Works at a glance
Brookville Water Works serves about 2,800 people through 1,187 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 Franklin County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5224001; phone on file: 765-647-2906. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brookville Water Works is 1.9 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 ppb |
How Brookville Water Works 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. Brookville Water Works's 1.9 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Indiana and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Franklin County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brookville Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Water Association | 8,200 | 2 ppb |
| Oldenburg Water Works | 880 | 0.73 ppb |
| Laurel Water Department | 800 | 1.31 ppb |
| Country Side Mobile Home | 180 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brookville, 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 Brookville Water Works 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.