Ogden Dunes Water, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.63 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
Ogden Dunes Water serves about 1,110 people through 223 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 Porter County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5264040; phone on file: 219-712-1756. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ogden Dunes Water is 0.63 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.63 ppb |
How Ogden Dunes Water 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. Ogden Dunes Water's 0.63 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Indiana and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Porter County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ogden Dunes Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso Department Of Water Works | 36,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Hebron Water Department | 3,724 | 2.5 ppb |
| L-A-C Utilities | 2,441 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kouts Water Works | 2,028 | 1 ppb |
| Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc | 500 | 1.7 ppb |
| Mallards Pointe Water System | 150 | 1.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ogden Dunes, 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 Ogden Dunes Water 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.