Indiana American Water - Shelbyville, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Indiana American Water - Shelbyville
Indiana American Water - Shelbyville serves about 19,093 people through 7,637 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Shelby County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5273002; phone on file: 317-885-2408. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Indiana American Water - Shelbyville's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Shelbyville is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
How Indiana American Water - Shelbyville 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 - Shelbyville's 1 ppb sits at the 44th percentile in Indiana and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Shelby County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Shelbyville. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Morristown Water Department | 1,218 | 1.85 ppb |
| Waldron Conservancy District | 800 | 1.48 ppb |
| Emerald Ii | 98 | 0 (not detected) |
| Creekside Mobile Home Park | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodland Village Mobile Home Park | 58 | 0 (not detected) |
| Suburban Court Apartments | 53 | 1.2 ppb |
| Shelbys Landing | 27 | 3 ppb |
Your move
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 - Shelbyville 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.