Paxton Water Corporation, IN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Paxton Water Corporation serves about 2,013 people through 805 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 Sullivan County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5277006; phone on file: 812-268-3637. 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 Paxton Water Corporation is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Paxton Water Corporation compares
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. Paxton Water Corporation's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 24th percentile in Indiana and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Sullivan County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paxton Water Corporation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - Sullivan | 6,598 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shelburn Water Utilities | 2,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indiana American Water - Farmersburg | 2,095 | 1 ppb |
| Dugger Utilities | 1,935 | - |
| Carlisle Water Department | 1,152 | 3 ppb |
| Hymera Water Works | 1,015 | 2 ppb |
| Pleasantville Water Company | 924 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilfred Water Corporation | 400 | 3 ppb |
| Indiana American Water - Merom | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Paxton Water Corporation's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Paxton Water Corporation 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.