Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc
Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc serves about 500 people through 228 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Porter County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5264003; phone on file: 219-759-0193. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc is 1.7 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 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. Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc's 1.7 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Indiana and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Porter County
6 other systems share Porter County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso Department Of Water Works | 36,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Hebron Water Department | 3,724 | 2.5 ppb |
| L-A-C Utilities | 2,441 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kouts Water Works | 2,028 | 1 ppb |
| Ogden Dunes Water | 1,110 | 0.63 ppb |
| Mallards Pointe Water System | 150 | 1.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Crown Point, 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 Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
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.