Russellville Water Works, 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.
About Russellville Water Works
Russellville Water Works serves about 405 people through 162 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Putnam County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5267008; phone on file: 765-366-4641. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Russellville Water Works is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How Russellville Water Works 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. Russellville Water Works's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in Indiana and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Putnam County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Russellville Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greencastle Department Of Water | 12,699 | 0.8 ppb |
| Reelsville Water Company | 2,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Putnamville Correctional Facility | 2,505 | 3.33 ppb |
| Cloverdale Water Works | 2,225 | 3.46 ppb |
| South 43 Water Association, Inc. | 1,431 | 7 ppb |
| Roachdale Water Works | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bainbridge Water Works | 830 | 0 (not detected) |
| Van Bibber Lake Conservancy District | 830 | 2.2 ppb |
| Town Of Fillmore Utilities | 510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Walnut Water Company | 500 | 1.4 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Russellville Water Works'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 Russellville Water Works 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.