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Is Clarksville, IN tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Clarksville, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Clarksville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Indiana American Water - S. Indiana, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Clarksville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Clarksville

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Indiana certifies.

The 3 labs Indiana certifies closest to Clarksville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Astbury Water Technology, Inc.-Clarksville

    Clarksville, IN · about 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (812) 282-8481Website: Astbury Water Technology, Inc.-Clarksville

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc.-KTL

    Louisville, KY · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (502) 962-6400

  • Beckmar Environmental Laboratory

    Louisville, KY · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (502) 266-6533

Indiana Department of Health laboratory: Test kits for well water: nitrate, fluoride, and arsenic, lead and copper, ordered from the lab and returned by mail. They are open to the public. Nitrate is $10 a sample plus $6.50 shipping per order, fluoride $10 plus shipping, and the arsenic, lead and copper kit $20 plus $6.50 shipping. Water Testing, Indiana Department of Health.

All 81 certified labs for Indiana

ZIP codes in Clarksville

Which ZIP codes are in Clarksville: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Indiana Department of Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Clarksville

Other towns in Clark County with a page of their own.

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