Rensselaer Water Department, IN
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Rensselaer Water Department at a glance
Rensselaer Water Department serves about 6,200 people through 2,823 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 groundwater, in Jasper County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5237005; phone on file: 219-866-5530. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 9.74 ppb from 2.36 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rensselaer Water Department is 17.6 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 12.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 2.36 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.97 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 9 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 17.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 16.3 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 6.9 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. Rensselaer Water Department's 12.1 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Indiana and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
4 other systems share Jasper County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rensselaer Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest Jasper Regional Water District | 4,054 | 0 (not detected) |
| Remington Water Works | 1,182 | 1.95 ppb |
| Cuii - Water Service Co. | 654 | 4.5 ppb |
| Lakeside Management | 63 | 0.36 ppb |
Next steps for Rensselaer, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rensselaer, 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 Rensselaer 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.