Indiana American Water - Muncie, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Indiana American Water - Muncie at a glance
Indiana American Water - Muncie serves about 74,030 people through 29,612 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Delaware County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5218012; phone on file: 317-885-2408. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Muncie is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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. Indiana American Water - Muncie's 2 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in Indiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Delaware County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Muncie. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Yorktown Water Department | 6,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Albany Water Department | 2,165 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eaton Water Works | 1,595 | 3.7 ppb |
| Daleville (Town Of) | 1,560 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gaston Water Works | 838 | 2 ppb |
| Delaware Acres Mhc | 126 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glenn Hills Non-Profit Corp. | 69 | 0 (not detected) |
| American Mobile Home Park | 65 | 0 (not detected) |
| Autumn Acres Subdivision | 48 | 2.8 ppb |
| Big Oaks Campground | 37 | 1.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
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 - Muncie 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.