Connersville Utilities, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.02 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 Connersville Utilities
Connersville Utilities serves about 13,282 people through 6,148 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Fayette County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5221001; phone on file: 765-698-8197. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1.91 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Connersville Utilities is 2.71 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.02 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.91 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.71 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.1 ppb |
How Connersville Utilities compares
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. Connersville Utilities's 2.02 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Indiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Fayette County
4 other systems share Fayette County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Connersville Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Everton Water Corporation | 1,800 | 1.01 ppb |
| Pleasantview Utilities, Inc. | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Jude Village Water Corporation | 38 | 0.6 ppb |
| Green Acres Mobile Home Park | 32 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Connersville, 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 Connersville Utilities 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.