Burnt Pines Water Association, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.72 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Burnt Pines Water Association at a glance
Burnt Pines Water Association serves about 900 people through 320 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Jennings County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5240001; phone on file: 812-592-1952. 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 Burnt Pines Water Association is 1.72 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.72 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. Burnt Pines Water Association's 1.72 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Indiana and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jennings County
7 other systems share Jennings County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Burnt Pines Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jennings Water, Inc. | 8,370 | 1.85 ppb |
| North Vernon Water Department | 6,500 | 1.93 ppb |
| Dupont Water Company | 3,865 | 3.26 ppb |
| Jennings Northwest Regional Utility | 2,955 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hayden Water Association | 2,395 | 2.43 ppb |
| Vernon Water Department | 538 | 8.58 ppb |
| Muscatatuck Urban Training Center | 40 | 11.09 ppb |
Next steps for North Vernon, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North Vernon, 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 Burnt Pines Water Association 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.