Chesterfield 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
Chesterfield Water Department serves about 2,800 people through 1,074 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 Madison County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5248004; phone on file: 765-425-0027. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Chesterfield Water Department's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chesterfield Water Department is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 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. Chesterfield Water Department's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in Indiana and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Madison County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chesterfield Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson Water Department | 55,212 | 1.4 ppb |
| Elwood Water & Sewage | 8,586 | 1 ppb |
| Ingalls Water Company | 7,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pendleton Water Company | 5,758 | 3.3 ppb |
| Alexandria Water Department | 5,149 | 1.5 ppb |
| Lapel Municipal Water Company | 2,379 | - |
| Edgewood Water Department | 2,053 | 0 (not detected) |
| Frankton Water Works | 1,800 | 10.7 ppb |
| Indiana American Water - Summitville | 1,078 | - |
| Orestes Water Works | 400 | 3.22 ppb |
Next steps for Chesterfield, IN
Look up your address in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.