Madison State Hospital, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.94 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.
Madison State Hospital at a glance
Madison State Hospital serves about 1,375 people through 50 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Jefferson County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5239005; phone on file: 317-828-1534. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Madison State Hospital is 1.94 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.94 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. Madison State Hospital's 1.94 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Indiana and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Jefferson County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Madison State Hospital. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Water Department | 15,323 | 1.8 ppb |
| Kent Water Company | 6,750 | 1.89 ppb |
| Canaan Utilities | 4,428 | 2.22 ppb |
| Hanover Water Department | 2,597 | 2.73 ppb |
| Rykers Ridge Water Company | 2,050 | 2.3 ppb |
| Hanover College | 1,250 | 4.58 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Indianapolis, 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 Madison State Hospital 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.