Tennyson Water Utility, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.32 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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 Tennyson Water Utility
Tennyson Water Utility serves about 4,158 people through 1,431 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 surface water, in Warrick County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5287007; phone on file: 812-202-0297. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Tennyson Water Utility's lead record
That is down 1.38 ppb from 1.7 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tennyson Water Utility is 2.8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.32 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 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. Tennyson Water Utility's 0.32 ppb sits at the 35th percentile in Indiana and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Warrick County
6 other systems share Warrick County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tennyson Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - Newburgh | 22,215 | 3 ppb |
| Chandler Water Works Department | 20,120 | 4.87 ppb |
| City Of Boonville | 10,260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elberfeld Water Department | 2,122 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indiana American Water - Yankeetown | 1,838 | 2 ppb |
| Lynnville Water Works | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tennyson, 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 Tennyson Water Utility 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.