Indiana American Water - Kokomo, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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
Indiana American Water - Kokomo serves about 59,313 people through 23,725 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Howard County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5234007; phone on file: 317-885-2408. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Indiana American Water - Kokomo's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Kokomo is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
How Indiana American Water - Kokomo compares
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. Indiana American Water - Kokomo's 2 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Indiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Howard County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Kokomo. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greentown Municipal Water | 2,500 | 0.87 ppb |
| Indiana American Water - Russiaville | 1,178 | 2 ppb |
| Western Estates Mobile Home Park | 248 | 4.74 ppb |
| Timbernest Townhouses | 175 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Oaks Of Kokomo | 150 | - |
| Village Green Mobile Home Park | 102 | 11.6 ppb |
| Southwest Civic Shareholders Association | 55 | - |
| Countryside Villas | 48 | 1.81 ppb |
| Dixon Woods Apartments | 25 | 2.5 ppb |
Next steps for Greenwood, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greenwood, 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 Indiana American Water - Kokomo 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.