Hamlet Water Works, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Hamlet Water Works serves about 801 people through 347 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Starke County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5275001; phone on file: 574-806-5398. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hamlet Water Works's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hamlet Water Works is 4.4 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 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. Hamlet Water Works's 4.4 ppb sits at the 87th percentile in Indiana and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Starke County
2 other systems share Starke County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hamlet Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Knox Water Works | 3,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Judson Water Company | 1,800 | 2.6 ppb |
Next steps for Hamlet, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hamlet, 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 Hamlet Water Works 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.