Is Westville, IN tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Westville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Neighbors of Westville Estates LLC.
Westville Correctional Facility, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Westville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Westville Correctional Facility
Indiana · serves 2,850 people · about 240 in Westville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Westville Water Department
Indiana · serves 1,800 people · about 130 in Westville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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New Durham Estates
Indiana · serves 1,099 people · under 100 in Westville
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Neighbors of Westville Estates LLC
Indiana · serves 315 people · under 100 in Westville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 13 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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South Coast Conservancy District
Indiana · serves 2,013 people · lists Westville among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Westville
The 3 labs Indiana certifies closest to Westville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
ALS Environmental
Valparaiso, IN · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Utility Services
Valparaiso, IN · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
La Porte County Health Department Water Laboratory
La Porte, IN · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
(219) 326-6808Website: La Porte County Health Department Water Laboratory
Indiana Department of Health laboratory: Test kits for well water: nitrate, fluoride, and arsenic, lead and copper, ordered from the lab and returned by mail. They are open to the public. Nitrate is $10 a sample plus $6.50 shipping per order, fluoride $10 plus shipping, and the arsenic, lead and copper kit $20 plus $6.50 shipping. Water Testing, Indiana Department of Health.
All 81 certified labs for IndianaZIP codes in Westville
Which ZIP codes are in Westville: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Indiana Department of Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Westville
Other towns in Porter County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Westville Correctional Facility’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water