Sellersburg Water Department, IN
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Sellersburg Water Department serves about 15,655 people through 6,262 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 Clark County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5210010; phone on file: 502-376-4517. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Sellersburg Water Department's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sellersburg Water Department is 6.5 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Sellersburg Water Department's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Indiana and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Clark County
9 other systems share Clark County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sellersburg Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - S. Indiana | 104,445 | 0 (not detected) |
| Watson Rural Water Company | 15,750 | 5 ppb |
| Borden Tri-County Region | 11,000 | 1.8 ppb |
| Indiana American Water - Charlestown | 8,658 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rural Membership Water Corp. Of Clark Co | 8,630 | 1.61 ppb |
| Marysville Otisco Nabb Water Corp. | 6,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington Township Water | 4,315 | 2.62 ppb |
| Indiana American Water - Rivers Edge | 610 | 1 ppb |
| Sunflower Valley Water Co, Inc. | 75 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Sellersburg Water Department'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 Sellersburg 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.