Lafontaine Water Company, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Lafontaine Water Company serves about 906 people through 396 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 Wabash County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5285004; phone on file: 260-377-9422. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lafontaine Water Company is 4 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 ppb |
How Lafontaine Water Company 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. Lafontaine Water Company's 4 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Indiana and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Wabash County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Lafontaine Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - Wabash | 12,140 | 38 ppb |
| North Manchester Water Department | 6,100 | 1.64 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) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lafontaine, 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 Lafontaine Water Company 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.