Cayuga Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Who runs the water here
Cayuga Water Department serves about 1,162 people through 574 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 Vermillion County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5283002; phone on file: 812-208-1917. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cayuga Water Department is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Cayuga Water Department's 2 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Indiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Vermillion County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cayuga Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton Water Utility | 4,773 | 6.8 ppb |
| Clinton Township Water Company | 2,300 | 2 ppb |
| Fairview Park Water Utilities | 1,386 | 3 ppb |
| St. Bernice Water Corp. | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillsdale Water Corporation | 735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dana Water Works | 660 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newport Water Works | 495 | 3 ppb |
| Universal Water Works | 473 | 1.4 ppb |
| Perrysville Water Works | 470 | - |
| Vermillion Rise Mega Park | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cayuga, 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 Cayuga 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.