Roann Water Works, 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.
Roann Water Works at a glance
Roann Water Works serves about 400 people through 198 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Wabash County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5285013; phone on file: 260-571-0991. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Roann Water Works's lead record
That is down 24.8 ppb from 24.8 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Roann Water Works is 24.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 24.8 ppb over 15 |
How Roann 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. Roann Water Works's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in Indiana and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Wabash County
11 other systems share Wabash County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Roann Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana American Water - Wabash | 12,140 | 38 ppb |
| North Manchester Water Department | 6,100 | 1.64 ppb |
| Lafontaine Water Company | 906 | 4 ppb |
| Lagro Municipal Water Department | 438 | 0.25 ppb |
| Josiah Whites | 416 | 1.8 ppb |
| Indiana American Water - Somerset | 245 | 1 ppb |
| Lake View Mobile Home Park | 90 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prossers Country Estates | 85 | 3.57 ppb |
| Carriage House Estates | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salamonie Country Estates | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Roann, 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 Roann 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.