Leavenworth Water Company, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.92 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 Leavenworth Water Company
Leavenworth Water Company serves about 233 people through 212 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Crawford County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5213004; phone on file: 812-267-9491. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.18 ppb from 0.74 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Leavenworth Water Company is 13.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.92 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.74 ppb |
| 2018 | 13.4 ppb over 10 |
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. Leavenworth Water Company's 3.92 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Indiana and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Crawford County
5 other systems share Crawford County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Leavenworth Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Water Company, Inc. | 2,678 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue River Regional Water District | 2,000 | 2.57 ppb |
| Patoka Water Company, Inc. | 1,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| English Water Works | 886 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grantsburg Rural Water Company | 250 | 1.32 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Leavenworth, 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 Leavenworth Water Company 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.