Kendallville Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.06 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.
Kendallville Water Department at a glance
Kendallville Water Department serves about 10,300 people through 3,402 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 Noble County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5257008; phone on file: 260-347-2168. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (4.06 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kendallville Water Department is 12 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.06 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.06 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 7.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 9.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 12 ppb over 10 |
How Kendallville Water Department 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. Kendallville Water Department's 4.06 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Indiana and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Noble County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kendallville Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ligonier Water Works | 4,405 | 5.8 ppb |
| Avilla Water Department | 2,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Albion Water & Sewer | 2,349 | 8.51 ppb |
| Cromwell Water Works | 550 | 1.89 ppb |
| Eagles Nest Estates | 350 | 3.7 ppb |
| Chain O Lakes Correctional Facility | 186 | 31.3 ppb |
| Rome City Housing Auth. - Warrener Court | 94 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grate Properties Mhc | 66 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northport Mobile Home Park | 47 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leisure Lane Mobile Home Park | 31 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kendallville, 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 Kendallville Water Department whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1410 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.