Lake Santee Rwwd, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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 Lake Santee Rwwd
Lake Santee Rwwd serves about 1,500 people through 596 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 surface water, in Decatur County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5216003; phone on file: 812-527-2943. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lake Santee Rwwd is 2.6 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.6 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. Lake Santee Rwwd's 2.6 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in Indiana and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Decatur County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lake Santee Rwwd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greensburg Municipal Water Works | 12,650 | 1.72 ppb |
| Decatur Co. Water Corp. | 3,440 | 1.18 ppb |
| Westport Water Company | 1,725 | 0.95 ppb |
| St. Paul Municipal Water | 1,096 | 1.48 ppb |
Next steps for Greensburg, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greensburg, 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 Lake Santee Rwwd 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.