New Durham Estates, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.68 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
New Durham Estates serves about 1,099 people through 412 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Laporte County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5246032; phone on file: 219-785-2576. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
New Durham Estates's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Durham Estates is 0.68 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.68 ppb |
How New Durham Estates 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. New Durham Estates's 0.68 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Indiana and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Laporte County
18 other systems share Laporte County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Durham Estates. 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 Westville, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Westville, 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 New Durham Estates 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.