South Lawrence Utilities, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.22 ppb (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. 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 South Lawrence Utilities
South Lawrence Utilities serves about 6,395 people through 2,558 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 Lawrence County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5247007; phone on file: 812-849-5544. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1.72 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Lawrence Utilities is 4.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.22 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.72 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.9 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. South Lawrence Utilities's 2.22 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Indiana and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Lawrence County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than South Lawrence Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford City Utilities | 14,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| North Lawrence Water Authority | 11,625 | 3 ppb |
| East Lawrence Water Authority | 8,000 | 2 ppb |
| Mitchell Water Department | 5,000 | 1.22 ppb |
| Oolitic Water Works | 1,315 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mitchell, 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 South Lawrence Utilities 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.