Valparaiso Department Of Water Works, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Valparaiso Department Of Water Works at a glance
Valparaiso Department Of Water Works serves about 36,000 people through 15,170 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Porter County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5264029; phone on file: 219-462-6174. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.9 ppb from 5.6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Valparaiso Department Of Water Works is 5.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.3 ppb |
Against other Indiana systems
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. Valparaiso Department Of Water Works's 3.7 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Indiana and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Porter County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Valparaiso Department Of Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hebron Water Department | 3,724 | 2.5 ppb |
| L-A-C Utilities | 2,441 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kouts Water Works | 2,028 | 1 ppb |
| Ogden Dunes Water | 1,110 | 0.63 ppb |
| Forest Oaks Mhc, Llc | 500 | 1.7 ppb |
| Mallards Pointe Water System | 150 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Valparaiso, IN
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Valparaiso, 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 Valparaiso Department Of 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.