Haubstadt Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.4 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 Haubstadt Water Department
Haubstadt Water Department serves about 1,600 people through 922 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 surface water, in Gibson County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5226003; phone on file: 812-768-5929. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.9 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Haubstadt Water Department is 4.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.7 ppb |
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. Haubstadt Water Department's 4.4 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Indiana and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Gibson County
8 other systems share Gibson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Haubstadt Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton Water Department | 10,875 | 2 ppb |
| Gibson Water Authority | 4,835 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Branch Water Department | 4,020 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakland City Water Department | 2,938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Owensville Water Works | 2,148 | 0 (not detected) |
| Francisco Water Department | 900 | 0.38 ppb |
| Patoka Water & Electric | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hazleton Water Department | 288 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Haubstadt, 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 Haubstadt Water Department 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.