Eastern Heights Utilities, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.71 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Eastern Heights Utilities serves about 19,028 people through 7,611 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Greene County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5228003; phone on file: 812-384-8261. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Eastern Heights Utilities's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (2.14 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eastern Heights Utilities is 2.14 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.71 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.14 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.53 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Eastern Heights 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. Eastern Heights Utilities's 1.71 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Indiana and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Greene County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eastern Heights Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Linton Municipal Water Utility | 7,430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellis Water Company, Inc. | 3,772 | 1.53 ppb |
| Jasonville Water Department | 3,660 | 3 ppb |
| Lyons Water Utility | 1,125 | 2 ppb |
| Switz City Water Works | 888 | 7 ppb |
| Newberry Water Utility | 249 | 8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bloomfield, 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 Eastern Heights 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.