Kingsbury Utility Corporation, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.6 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. 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.
About Kingsbury Utility Corporation
Kingsbury Utility Corporation serves about 240 people through 103 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Laporte County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5246013; phone on file: 219-851-3149. 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 1.9 ppb from 2.7 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kingsbury Utility Corporation is 4.6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.57 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Kingsbury Utility Corporation 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. Kingsbury Utility Corporation's 4.6 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Indiana and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Laporte County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kingsbury Utility Corporation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan City Department Of Water Works | 33,996 | 1.9 ppb |
| Laporte Water Works | 22,197 | 1.9 ppb |
| Westville Correctional Facility | 2,850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Long Beach Water Department | 2,050 | 0.52 ppb |
| South Coast Conservancy District | 2,013 | 2.6 ppb |
| Kingsford Heights Water | 1,800 | 1.5 ppb |
| Westville Water Department | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Durham Estates | 1,099 | 0.68 ppb |
| Wanatah Water Utility | 1,050 | 0.9 ppb |
| Lacrosse Water Department | 540 | 22 ppb |
Next steps for Kingsbury, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kingsbury, 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 Kingsbury Utility Corporation 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.