Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility, IN
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 10.5 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility serves about 4,500 people through 4 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Hendricks County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5232007; phone on file: 317-839-3490. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 7.25 ppb from 3.25 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility is 10.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 3.25 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.8 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. Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility's 10.5 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Indiana and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Hendricks County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Plainfield Re-Entry Educational Facility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Plainfield Water Works | 34,477 | 1.14 ppb |
| Brownsburg Water Works | 31,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Danville Water Works | 10,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| Pittsboro Water Company | 4,113 | 5.7 ppb |
| North Salem Water Corporation | 515 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Lizton Water Utility | 488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sti-Bel Mobile Home Park | 40 | 0 (not detected) |
| District 39 Apartments | 36 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Plainfield, 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 Plainfield Re-Entry Educational 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.