Wanatah Water Utility, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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
Wanatah Water Utility serves about 1,050 people through 487 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 Laporte County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5246033; phone on file: 219-733-2970. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wanatah Water Utility is 0.9 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
How Wanatah Water Utility 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. Wanatah Water Utility's 0.9 ppb sits at the 41st percentile in Indiana and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Laporte County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wanatah Water Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan City Department Of Water Works | 33,996 | 1.9 ppb |
| Laporte Water Works | 22,197 | 1.9 ppb |
| Westville Correctional Facility | 2,850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Long Beach Water Department | 2,050 | 0.52 ppb |
| South Coast Conservancy District | 2,013 | 2.6 ppb |
| Kingsford Heights Water | 1,800 | 1.5 ppb |
| Westville Water Department | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Durham Estates | 1,099 | 0.68 ppb |
| Lacrosse Water Department | 540 | 22 ppb |
| J. B. Water Works, Inc. | 307 | 0.73 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wanatah, 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 Wanatah Water Utility 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.