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Is there PFAS in Borden Tri-county Region water?

No PFAS were detected in any of the 5 samples EPA's program collected.

Borden Tri-county Region Serves 11,000 people · 5 PFOA samples from 2 sampling points · Jun 2024 to Mar 2025 No PFAS detected
PFOA Perfluorooctanoic acid not detected
EPA 4
PFOS Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid not detected
EPA 4
Averages are for the worst sampling point, with non-detects counted as zero. Source: EPA UCMR 5.

Borden Tri-county Region is a public water system drawing on surface water, based in Borden, Indiana, serving about 11,000 people, including Borden, Floyds Knobs, Greenville, New Albany, Pekin. Under EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule it was tested for 29 PFAS and lithium 5 times across 2 sampling points between Jun 2024 and Mar 2025.

Every PFAS detected

None of the 29 PFAS were found at or above EPA's minimum reporting levels (2 to 20 ppt depending on the compound).

Not detected: PFHpS, PFDoA, PFHxA, PFUnA, 9Cl-PF3ONS, HFPO-DA, PFBA, 6:2 FTS, PFPeS, 8:2 FTS, PFNA, 4:2 FTS, NFDHA, PFEESA, PFMBA, PFDA, PFMPA, PFOS, ADONA, PFHxS, PFHpA, NMeFOSAA, NEtFOSAA, PFTrDA, PFTA, PFOA, PFBS, PFPeA, 11Cl-PF3OUdS.

Lithium, tested in the same program: not detected.

What the EPA limits mean here

In April 2024 EPA set enforceable limits of 4 ppt for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ppt each for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX, and a hazard index of 1 for mixtures. Utilities were given until 2029 to comply. In May 2026 EPA proposed keeping only the PFOA and PFOS limits and moving that deadline to 2031. Until that proposal is final, the 2024 limits stand.

Compliance is judged on a running annual average at each entry point, so we show the average at this system's worst sampling point next to its single highest result. UCMR 5 results do not by themselves put a utility in or out of compliance.

What you can do at home

No PFAS action is needed on these results. If your water tastes or smells of chlorine, a whole-house city water filter is the usual fix.

Other systems in Indiana

All 230 tested systems in Indiana

ZIP codes served

47106 47119 47124 47150 47165

As reported by the utility to EPA. Neighbouring ZIPs are often split between systems; your water bill names yours.

Cite this page

Well & Tap. "PFAS in Borden Tri-county Region water: EPA UCMR 5 results." Data: U.S. EPA Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final release August 2026, PWSID IN5210002. https://wellandtap.com/pfas/indiana/borden-tri-county-region/

About this data

Source: U.S. EPA, UCMR 5 occurrence data, final release August 2026 (PWSID IN5210002). Population: EPA SDWIS. Averages count results below the reporting level as zero, the same convention EPA uses for running annual averages. Full method.