Indiana American Water - Rivers Edge, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Who runs the water here
Indiana American Water - Rivers Edge serves about 610 people through 244 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clark County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5210022; phone on file: 317-885-2408. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.36 ppb from 3.36 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Rivers Edge is 7.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.36 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.9 ppb |
How Indiana American Water - Rivers Edge 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. Indiana American Water - Rivers Edge's 1 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Indiana and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Clark County
9 other systems share Clark County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Rivers Edge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - S. Indiana | 104,445 | 0 (not detected) |
| Watson Rural Water Company | 15,750 | 5 ppb |
| Sellersburg Water Department | 15,655 | 0 (not detected) |
| Borden Tri-County Region | 11,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Indiana American Water - Charlestown | 8,658 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rural Membership Water Corp. Of Clark Co | 8,630 | 1.61 ppb |
| Marysville Otisco Nabb Water Corp. | 6,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington Township Water | 4,315 | 2.62 ppb |
| Sunflower Valley Water Co, Inc. | 75 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greenwood, 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 - Rivers Edge 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.