Indiana American Water - Wabash, IN
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 38 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Indiana American Water - Wabash at a glance
Indiana American Water - Wabash serves about 12,140 people through 4,856 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Wabash County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5285003; 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 35 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Indiana American Water - Wabash is 38 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 11 ppb over 10 |
How Indiana American Water - Wabash 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 - Wabash's 38 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Indiana and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wabash County
11 other systems share Wabash County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Indiana American Water - Wabash. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Manchester Water Department | 6,100 | 1.64 ppb |
| Lafontaine Water Company | 906 | 4 ppb |
| Lagro Municipal Water Department | 438 | 0.25 ppb |
| Josiah Whites | 416 | 1.8 ppb |
| Roann Water Works | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indiana American Water - Somerset | 245 | 1 ppb |
| Lake View Mobile Home Park | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prossers Country Estates | 85 | 3.57 ppb |
| Carriage House Estates | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salamonie Country Estates | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. 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 - Wabash 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.