Cedar Lake Tap Water Quality Report
Cedar Lake's water record shows 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file. Consider using a certified water filter for additional protection.
Water system
CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS
2 other systems also serve parts of Cedar Lake. 1 other system is listed for Cedar Lake. See their figures
People Served
4,600
Health-based violations since 2020
1
CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS. EPA SDWA violation data as of Q2 2026 (downloaded 2026-07-09).
Latest sample on file
Jan 2026 · CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS
Utilities publish newer results in their annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report).
Is Cedar Lake Tap Water Safe to Drink?
We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. Cedar Lake's water record shows 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file.
CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS, Cedar Lake's water system, serves 4,600 people. 2 other systems also serve parts of Cedar Lake. 1 other system is listed for Cedar Lake. Each system's results are listed under its own name, never added to CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS's. Water quality testing is conducted regularly and reported to the EPA. The latest sample on file for CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS is from Jan 2026.
In EPA's 2023–2026 UCMR 5 testing, CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS measured lithium at up to 41.5 µg/L, which EPA counts as above its health reference level of 10 µg/L. That level is a screening value EPA uses to decide what to study further, not a legal limit, and this result does not change this page's water-quality summary.
Boil water advisories are issued by water systems and state agencies, and they change from day to day. Boil water advisories in Indiana
Cedar Lake Water Service Areas
What these numbers actually mean for Cedar Lake, IN
We read Cedar Lake, IN’s published record and send you a short report — which findings warrant a decision, which to ignore, and what to do about it. Including when the answer is nothing.
- 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file
- 24 results on file
- 23 PFAS compounds on record
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Fluoride in Cedar Lake's water
CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS
PWSID IN5245047
No fluoride level in our data for CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
CEDAR LAKE - ROBINS NEST
PWSID IN5245067
No fluoride level in our data for CEDAR LAKE - ROBINS NEST. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
CEDAR LAKE BIBLE CONFERENCE GROUNDS
PWSID IN5245055
No fluoride level in our data for CEDAR LAKE BIBLE CONFERENCE GROUNDS. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
CEDAR GARDENS MHP
PWSID IN5245050
No fluoride level in our data for CEDAR GARDENS MHP. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
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General-Purpose Water Filters for Cedar Lake
Cedar Lake's results show no result above EPA's health goals or legal limits, so these are general-purpose NSF/ANSI 53 certified filters, not chosen for any contaminant.
Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC
Everpure Residential H-300-NXT
NSF Certified:
Capacity
3001 gal
Filter Life
10 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 5 contaminants:
Whirlpool Corporation
W11256135
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.7 gpm
Removes 19 contaminants:
+14 more
Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Turbidity
Whirlpool Corporation
W11569861
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.52 gpm
Removes 22 contaminants:
+17 more
Atrazine, Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Styrene, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Trichloroethylene, Turbidity
Santevia
Bath Filter
NSF Certified:
Flow Rate
0.36 gpm
Highlights:
- Organic cotton design reduces plastic used in construction
- Affordable upfront & ongoing cost
- The only bath filter that removed 100% chlorine with “normal” faster faucet flow
Removes 1 contaminants:
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What Cedar Lake's water readings can explain
We publish a city-level hardness figure for Cedar Lake, resolved from its water systems where they report one and estimated from county sampling where they do not. Each page starts with the hot-tap and cold-tap check, then shows what your own water system reported.
On a private well near Cedar Lake? Public-water results do not apply to private wells. See Lake County well water testing and USGS risk data — modeled arsenic, nitrate, and the tests to run.
Water softener cost and installation in Cedar Lake
Cedar Lake's tap water has an estimated 12.3 grains per gallon (210.0 mg/L, county sampling in Lake County) — very hard on the USGS scale, the range where scale on fixtures and appliances is the usual complaint.
Water softener cost for an estimated 12.3 gpg water in Cedar Lake — equipment and local installation labour for your ZIP code, with the sizing arithmetic shown in full. For the national picture first, read what a water softener costs — equipment, installation labour and ten-year ownership, each separated out. For Indiana as a whole, read water softener cost in Indiana — priced against the plumber wage published for the state.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cedar Lake Tap Water
Cedar Lake's water record shows 1 health-based EPA violation that began after the latest compliance result on file. We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. EPA records a health-based violation for CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS that began after its latest compliance result on file (Dec 2020): Failure To Address Deficiency (Groundwater Rule), which began on April 29, 2025. Every such result predates it; its later EPA UCMR 5 results (Jan 2026) screen for unregulated contaminants and cannot show the water met this standard, so this page does not call the water safe.
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This form corrects our data; it does not reach CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS. For a problem with your water now (discolored water, no water, low pressure, a leak), contact CEDAR LAKE WATER WORKS directly.
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