Mobil-Rama, IN
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Mobil-Rama
Mobil-Rama serves about 30 people through 19 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Steuben County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5276013; phone on file: 260-541-0644. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Mobil-Rama's lead record
That is down 19 ppb from 19 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mobil-Rama is 19 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 19 ppb over 15 |
Against other Indiana systems
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. Mobil-Rama's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in Indiana and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Steuben County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mobil-Rama. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Angola Water Department | 9,340 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hamilton Water Department | 2,675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fremont Water Department | 2,138 | 2.3 ppb |
| Ashley Water Department | 983 | 2.3 ppb |
| Orland Water Works | 530 | 1.27 ppb |
| Hudson Water Works | 518 | 2 ppb |
| Holiday Woods Recreational Park | 200 | 2.4 ppb |
| Caps Mobile Home Park | 182 | 4.4 ppb |
| Jimmerson Shores Co-Op | 120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden Acres Mobile Home Park | 112 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Angola, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Angola, 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 Mobil-Rama 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.