Indiana American Water - Newburgh, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Indiana American Water - Newburgh at a glance
Indiana American Water - Newburgh serves about 22,215 people through 8,886 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Warrick County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5287004; phone on file: 812-842-0275. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Indiana American Water - Newburgh's lead record
Against the period ending 2019 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Newburgh is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Against other Indiana systems
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. Indiana American Water - Newburgh's 3 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Indiana and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Warrick County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Newburgh. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chandler Water Works Department | 20,120 | 4.87 ppb |
| City Of Boonville | 10,260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tennyson Water Utility | 4,158 | 0.32 ppb |
| Elberfeld Water Department | 2,122 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indiana American Water - Yankeetown | 1,838 | 2 ppb |
| Lynnville Water Works | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newburgh, 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 Indiana American Water - Newburgh 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.