Indiana American Water - Terre Haute, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Indiana American Water - Terre Haute
Indiana American Water - Terre Haute serves about 67,765 people through 27,106 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Vigo County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5284012; phone on file: 317-885-2408. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Terre Haute is 3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 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 - Terre Haute's 2 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Indiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Vigo County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Terre Haute. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Seelyville Water Works | 6,393 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Terre Haute Water | 4,075 | 8 ppb |
| Sullivan-Vigo Rural Water Corp. | 2,765 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fayette Township Water Assn. | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fci & Fpc - Terre Haute | 1,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sisters Of Providence/St. Mary Of Woods | 900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Trails Edge Apts | 260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morris Mobile Home Estates | 75 | 0.7 ppb |
| Rocky Acres Mobile Home Park | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leisure Acres Mobile Home Park | 49 | 7 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 - Terre Haute 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.