George Ade Memorial Health Care Center, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.39 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.
Who runs the water here
George Ade Memorial Health Care Center serves about 140 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Newton County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5256014; phone on file: 219-275-2531. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
George Ade Memorial Health Care Center's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for George Ade Memorial Health Care Center is 0.39 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.39 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. George Ade Memorial Health Care Center's 0.39 ppb sits at the 36th percentile in Indiana and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Newton County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than George Ade Memorial Health Care Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kentland Water Works | 1,735 | 1.86 ppb |
| Morocco Water Department | 1,200 | - |
| Goodland Water Works | 990 | 4.25 ppb |
| Brook Water Utility | 986 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ten Oaks Mhp | 270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newton Co. Regional Water & Sewer | 130 | 0.6 ppb |
| River Bend Manor Mobile Home Park | 44 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Brook, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brook, 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 George Ade Memorial Health Care Center 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.