Bremen Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Bremen Water Department at a glance
Bremen Water Department serves about 4,516 people through 1,905 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Marshall County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5250003; phone on file: 574-546-4324. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Bremen Water Department's lead record
That is up 2.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bremen Water Department is 2.6 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 687 Indiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.31 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 36 have gone over at some point. Bremen Water Department's 2.6 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Indiana and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Marshall County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bremen Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Water Department | 10,241 | 2.7 ppb |
| Culver Educational Foundation | 1,940 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bourbon Water Department | 1,767 | 0 (not detected) |
| Argos Municipal Water Plant | 1,680 | 1.2 ppb |
| Culver Water Department | 1,391 | 1.74 ppb |
| Ancilla Domini (Convent) | 680 | 5.5 ppb |
| Gatewood Estates | 202 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pretty View Condominium Owners Assoc | 85 | 1.18 ppb |
| Creekside Manor Mhp | 73 | 0 (not detected) |
| Inwood Estates | 50 | 1.4 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bremen, IN may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bremen Water Department whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1480 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.