Clinton Water Utility, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.8 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Clinton Water Utility
Clinton Water Utility serves about 4,773 people through 2,007 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized 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: IN5283004; phone on file: 765-505-1704. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Clinton Water Utility's lead record
That is up 3.1 ppb from 3.7 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clinton Water Utility is 6.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.9 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. Clinton Water Utility's 6.8 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Indiana and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Vermillion County
10 other systems share Vermillion County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clinton Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township Water Company | 2,300 | 2 ppb |
| Fairview Park Water Utilities | 1,386 | 3 ppb |
| Cayuga Water Department | 1,162 | 2 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) |
Next steps for Clinton, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clinton, 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 Clinton Water Utility 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.