Sunset Village & Rv Park, IN
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Sunset Village & Rv Park serves about 25 people through 34 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Joseph County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5271016; phone on file: 574-291-3267. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Sunset Village & Rv Park's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sunset Village & Rv Park is 71 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0.26 ppb |
| 2021 | 71 ppb over 15 |
How Sunset Village & Rv Park 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. Sunset Village & Rv Park's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 0th percentile in Indiana and the 0th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in St. Joseph County
14 other systems share St. Joseph County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sunset Village & Rv Park. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Bend Water Works | 115,000 | 4.7 ppb |
| Mishawaka Utilities | 49,675 | 7.1 ppb |
| University Of Notre Dame | 7,400 | 3 ppb |
| Walkerton Light & Water | 2,262 | 8.2 ppb |
| Sisters Of Holy Cross-St. Marys College | 2,111 | - |
| North Liberty Water Works | 1,896 | 1.42 ppb |
| New Carlisle Water Works | 1,861 | 1.6 ppb |
| Lakeville Water Department | 750 | 0.82 ppb |
| Aqua Indiana - Wedgewood Park Water Util | 645 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hamilton Grove | 384 | 7.7 ppb |
Next steps for South Bend, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; South Bend, 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 Sunset Village & Rv Park 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.