South Whitley Municipal Water, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.51 ppb (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. 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.
South Whitley Municipal Water at a glance
South Whitley Municipal Water serves about 1,818 people through 989 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 groundwater, in Whitley County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5292007; phone on file: 260-723-5312. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.09 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Whitley Municipal Water is 2.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.51 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
How South Whitley Municipal 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. South Whitley Municipal Water's 1.51 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Indiana and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Whitley County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than South Whitley Municipal Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia City Water Department | 9,892 | 14 ppb |
| Churubusco Water Department | 1,803 | 1.4 ppb |
| Blue Ridge Mobile Home Park | 300 | 0.62 ppb |
Next steps for South Whitley, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; South Whitley, 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 South Whitley Municipal 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.