Cloverdale Water Works, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.46 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
Cloverdale Water Works serves about 2,225 people through 1,090 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 Putnam County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5267003; phone on file: 765-795-4093. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cloverdale Water Works is 3.46 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.46 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. Cloverdale Water Works's 3.46 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Indiana and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Putnam County
10 other systems share Putnam County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Cloverdale Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greencastle Department Of Water | 12,699 | 0.8 ppb |
| Reelsville Water Company | 2,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Putnamville Correctional Facility | 2,505 | 3.33 ppb |
| South 43 Water Association, Inc. | 1,431 | 7 ppb |
| Roachdale Water Works | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bainbridge Water Works | 830 | 0 (not detected) |
| Van Bibber Lake Conservancy District | 830 | 2.2 ppb |
| Town Of Fillmore Utilities | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Walnut Water Company | 500 | 1.4 ppb |
| Russellville Water Works | 405 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cloverdale, 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 Cloverdale 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.