Morristown Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.85 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Morristown Water Department at a glance
Morristown Water Department serves about 1,218 people through 525 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 Shelby County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5273003; phone on file: 765-763-6748. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.71 ppb from 3.56 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Morristown Water Department is 3.56 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.85 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.56 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. Morristown Water Department's 1.85 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Indiana and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Shelby County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Morristown Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - Shelbyville | 19,093 | 1 ppb |
| Waldron Conservancy District | 800 | 1.48 ppb |
| Emerald Ii | 98 | 0 (not detected) |
| Creekside Mobile Home Park | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodland Village Mobile Home Park | 58 | 0 (not detected) |
| Suburban Court Apartments | 53 | 1.2 ppb |
| Shelbys Landing | 27 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Morristown, 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 Morristown Water Department 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.