- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 4.
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 11 of 26 samples, average 2.3 ppt, highest 7.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Aug 2023–Jul 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 9 of 26 samples, average 1.5 ppt, highest 5.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Aug 2023–Jul 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 26 samples, average 0.40 ppt, highest 4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Aug 2023–Jul 2024)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 26 samples, average 0.40 ppt, highest 5.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Aug 2023–Jul 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 3.44 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Jun 30, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Indianapolis tap water? What EPA records show
EPA IN5249004 · serves Indianapolis, IN · about 880,345 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Citizens Water - Indianapolis (EPA IN5249004)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Indianapolis's main utility, Citizens Water - Indianapolis: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (IN5249004) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Citizens Water - Indianapolis, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (IN5249004) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Citizens Water - Indianapolis (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 3.44 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Jun 30, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 4.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Citizens Water - Indianapolis use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Citizens Water - Indianapolis. EPA record