Princeton Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
About Princeton Water Department
Princeton Water Department serves about 10,875 people through 4,350 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Gibson County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5226008; phone on file: 812-677-2173. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Princeton Water Department is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Princeton Water Department 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. Princeton Water Department's 2 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Indiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Gibson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Princeton Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gibson Water Authority | 4,835 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Branch Water Department | 4,020 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakland City Water Department | 2,938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Owensville Water Works | 2,148 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haubstadt Water Department | 1,600 | 4.4 ppb |
| Francisco Water Department | 900 | 0.38 ppb |
| Patoka Water & Electric | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hazleton Water Department | 288 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Princeton, 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 Princeton Water Department 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.