Newberry Water Utility, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8 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
Newberry Water Utility serves about 249 people through 95 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 Greene County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5228007; phone on file: 812-384-7436. 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 Newberry Water Utility is 8 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 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. Newberry Water Utility's 8 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Indiana and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Greene County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Newberry Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Heights Utilities | 19,028 | 1.71 ppb |
| Linton Municipal Water Utility | 7,430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellis Water Company, Inc. | 3,772 | 1.53 ppb |
| Jasonville Water Department | 3,660 | 3 ppb |
| Lyons Water Utility | 1,125 | 2 ppb |
| Switz City Water Works | 888 | 7 ppb |
Next steps for Worthington, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Worthington, 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 Newberry Water Utility 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.