Michigan City Department Of Water Works, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Michigan City Department Of Water Works at a glance
Michigan City Department Of Water Works serves about 33,996 people through 13,950 service connections, which makes it a large 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: IN5246020; phone on file: 219-874-3228. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Michigan City Department Of Water Works is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.02 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
How Michigan City Department Of 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. Michigan City Department Of Water Works's 1.9 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Indiana and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Laporte County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Michigan City Department Of Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| J. B. Water Works, Inc. | 307 | 0.73 ppb |
Next steps for Michigan City, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Michigan City, 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 Michigan City Department Of 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.