St. Henry Water Corporation, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.3 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.
St. Henry Water Corporation at a glance
St. Henry Water Corporation serves about 3,293 people through 1,317 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Dubois County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5219011; phone on file: 812-367-2229. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
St. Henry Water Corporation's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St. Henry Water Corporation is 3.3 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.3 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. St. Henry Water Corporation's 3.3 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Indiana and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Dubois County
10 other systems share Dubois County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than St. Henry Water Corporation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jasper Municipal Water Utility | 17,440 | 2.89 ppb |
| Patoka Lake Regional Water | 13,503 | 5.6 ppb |
| Dubois Water Utilities | 9,078 | 2.49 ppb |
| Huntingburg Municipal Water | 6,526 | 4.4 ppb |
| Ireland Utilities, Inc. | 4,395 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ferdinand Water Department | 2,918 | 5.3 ppb |
| St. Anthony Water Utility | 1,813 | 1.29 ppb |
| Holland Water Works | 1,200 | 2.4 ppb |
| Birdseye Water System | 972 | - |
| Duff Water Corporation | 825 | 5.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ferdinand, 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 St. Henry 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.