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Is Goshen, IN tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Goshen, 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.

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The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving Goshen have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Umh in Broadmore, LLC Aka Broadmore Esta and Skyview Mobile Home Park.

Goshen Water Utility, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.8 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Goshen’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Goshen Water Utility’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Goshen

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 Goshen, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

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 Goshen

Which ZIP codes are in Goshen: 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 Goshen

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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