Darlington Water, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.3 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.
Darlington Water at a glance
Darlington Water serves about 860 people through 316 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 Montgomery County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5254003; phone on file: 317-577-1390. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Darlington Water's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Darlington Water is 3.3 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.3 ppb |
How Darlington Water 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. Darlington Water's 3.3 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Indiana and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Montgomery County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Darlington Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - Crawfordsville | 15,930 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ladoga Water Works | 1,180 | 5.8 ppb |
| Waynetown Water Works | 953 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Market Water Works | 765 | 1.42 ppb |
| Linden Water Department | 759 | - |
| Indiana American Water - Waveland | 605 | 2 ppb |
| New Richmond Water Works | 330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wingate Water Works | 299 | - |
| Country View Estates | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Indianapolis, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Indianapolis, 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 Darlington Water 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.