Pike-Gibson Water, Inc., IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.9 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Pike-Gibson Water, Inc. at a glance
Pike-Gibson Water, Inc. serves about 10,000 people through 3,559 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pike County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5263003; phone on file: 812-749-4916. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Pike-Gibson Water, Inc.'s lead record
That is up 4.3 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pike-Gibson Water, Inc. is 6.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 6.5 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. Pike-Gibson Water, Inc.'s 6.9 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Indiana and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Pike County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pike-Gibson Water, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Petersburg Water Company | 4,018 | 0 (not detected) |
| Otwell Water Corporation | 2,100 | 1.9 ppb |
| Winslow Water Works | 1,010 | 3.32 ppb |
| Otwell Water Corp. #2 | 705 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spurgeon Water Works | 430 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oakland City, 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 Pike-Gibson Water, Inc. 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.