Kingman Water Works, IN
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 14 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Kingman Water Works at a glance
Kingman Water Works serves about 560 people through 262 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Fountain County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5223004; phone on file: 765-366-2996. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 9 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kingman Water Works is 19 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2025 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 10 ppb |
| 2022 | 5 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. Kingman Water Works's 14 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Indiana and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Fountain County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kingman Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Attica Water Utility | 3,147 | 0 (not detected) |
| Covington Water Department | 2,645 | 1.8 ppb |
| Veedersburg Municipal Water Supply | 2,299 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillsboro Water Utility | 540 | 2.75 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kingman, 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 Kingman Water Works 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.