Huntington Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.85 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.
Huntington Water Department at a glance
Huntington Water Department serves about 17,300 people through 7,416 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Huntington County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5235005; phone on file: 260-358-2309. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (7.68 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Huntington Water Department is 8.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.85 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.68 ppb |
| 2020 | 8.18 ppb |
| 2017 | 8.4 ppb |
Against other Indiana systems
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. Huntington Water Department's 6.85 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Indiana and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Huntington County
6 other systems share Huntington County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Huntington Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Roanoke Water Works | 1,722 | 3.12 ppb |
| Warren Municipal Water Works | 1,237 | 5.8 ppb |
| Andrews Water Department | 1,149 | 11.5 ppb |
| Markle Water Utility | 1,095 | 2.1 ppb |
| Norwood Regional Water & Sewage | 486 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heritage Pointe | 451 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Huntington, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Huntington, 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 Huntington Water Department 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.