Long Beach Water Department, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.52 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
Long Beach Water Department serves about 2,050 people through 1,130 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 surface water, in Laporte County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5246028; phone on file: 219-229-7978. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Long Beach Water Department's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Long Beach Water Department is 0.52 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.52 ppb |
How Long Beach 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. Long Beach Water Department's 0.52 ppb sits at the 36th percentile in Indiana and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Laporte County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Long Beach Water Department. 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) |
| 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 |
| J. B. Water Works, Inc. | 307 | 0.73 ppb |
Next steps for Long Beach, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Long Beach, 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 Long Beach Water Department 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.