Edwardsport Water Utility, IN
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Edwardsport Water Utility serves about 488 people through 165 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Knox County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5242005; phone on file: 812-887-9341. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Edwardsport Water Utility's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Edwardsport Water Utility is 15 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 ppb over 10 |
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. Edwardsport Water Utility's 15 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Indiana and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Knox County
10 other systems share Knox County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Edwardsport Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vincennes Water Department | 18,701 | 4 ppb |
| Bicknell Municipal Utilities | 4,064 | 1.2 ppb |
| Knox County Water, Inc. | 3,525 | 0 (not detected) |
| Freelandville Water Association | 1,175 | 3 ppb |
| Oaktown Water Works | 832 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monroe City Water Utilities | 813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wheatland Water Works | 474 | 2 ppb |
| Bruceville Water Utility | 449 | 1 ppb |
| Sandborn Water Department | 449 | 2 ppb |
| Decker Water Works | 273 | 5 ppb |
Next steps for Freelandville, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Freelandville, 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 Edwardsport 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.