Shady Side Water Corporation, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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.
Shady Side Water Corporation at a glance
Shady Side Water Corporation serves about 95 people through 44 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Monroe County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5253014; phone on file: 812-360-6159. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Shady Side Water Corporation is 2.1 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 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. Shady Side Water Corporation's 2.1 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Indiana and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monroe County
9 other systems share Monroe County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Shady Side Water Corporation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bloomington Utilities | 83,000 | 5.1 ppb |
| Ellettsville Water Works | 14,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Monroe Water Authority | 8,877 | 0 (not detected) |
| Van Buren Water, Inc. | 6,670 | 2 ppb |
| B&B Water Project, Inc. | 4,695 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington Twp Water Authority | 3,825 | 0.7 ppb |
| East Monroe Water Corporation | 3,648 | 1.51 ppb |
| Rhs Water Corporation | 870 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salt Creek Services, Inc. | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Solsberry, 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 Shady Side Water Corporation 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.