Is Williamsport, IN tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Williamsport has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Pence Water Works.
Williamsport Water Utility, 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 Williamsport’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Williamsport Water Utility
Indiana · serves 1,800 people · under 100 in Williamsport
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Pence Water Works
Indiana · serves 37 people · lists Williamsport among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.77 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Williamsport
The 3 labs Indiana certifies closest to Williamsport, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Lafayette
Lafayette, IN · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria
(888) 932-6699Website: Environmental Laboratories, Inc. - Lafayette
Montgomery CHD Microbiology Laboratory
Crawfordville, IN · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
Chem-A-Lab
Monticello, IN · about 48 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 IndianaZIP codes in Williamsport
Which ZIP codes are in Williamsport: 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.
What to do next
- Read Williamsport Water Utility’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water