New Castle Correctional Facility, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.69 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.
Who runs the water here
New Castle Correctional Facility serves about 3,160 people through 10 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Henry County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5233001; phone on file: 317-809-2486. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
New Castle Correctional Facility's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Castle Correctional Facility is 2.69 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.69 ppb |
Against other Indiana systems
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. New Castle Correctional Facility's 2.69 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Indiana and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Henry County
8 other systems share Henry County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Castle Correctional Facility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Castle Utilities | 19,880 | 2.7 ppb |
| Knightstown Water Utility | 2,182 | 1.68 ppb |
| Middletown Water Utility | 2,050 | 4.7 ppb |
| Spiceland Municipal Water Utility | 969 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shirley Municipal Water | 960 | 1.16 ppb |
| Lewisville Water Works | 392 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Summit Water Utility | 350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden Pebbles Estates | 107 | 1.76 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 New Castle Correctional Facility 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.