Ligonier Water Works, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.8 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Ligonier Water Works at a glance
Ligonier Water Works serves about 4,405 people through 1,306 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized 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: IN5257010; phone on file: 260-894-4241. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.5 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ligonier Water Works is 10.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 10.1 ppb over 10 |
How Ligonier Water Works 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. Ligonier Water Works's 5.8 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Indiana and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Noble County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ligonier Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kendallville Water Department | 10,300 | 4.06 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) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ligonier, 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 Ligonier Water Works 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.