Indiana American Water - Yankeetown, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 - Yankeetown
Indiana American Water - Yankeetown serves about 1,838 people through 735 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 groundwater, in Warrick County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5287008; phone on file: 317-885-2408. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Indiana American Water - Yankeetown's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Yankeetown is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 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. Indiana American Water - Yankeetown's 2 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Indiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Warrick County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Yankeetown. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - Newburgh | 22,215 | 3 ppb |
| 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) |
| 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; 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 - Yankeetown 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.