Gosport Water Utility, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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.
Gosport Water Utility at a glance
Gosport Water Utility serves about 849 people through 370 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 Owen County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5260003; phone on file: 812-803-8032. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Gosport Water Utility's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gosport Water Utility is 1.7 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 ppb |
How Gosport Water Utility 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. Gosport Water Utility's 1.7 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Indiana and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Owen County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gosport Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bbp Water Company | 9,903 | 1.64 ppb |
| Cataract Lake Water Corporation | 3,215 | 1.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Spencer, 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 Gosport 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.