Local coverage
Project conversations across Fort Wayne and Allen, DeKalb, Whitley, and Wells counties.
Provider availability shifts by town and by week. Below, each community’s card covers the housing stock and site conditions worth knowing about there.
New Haven
A canal-platted river town on the Maumee, incorporated in 1865, where original cast-iron waste lines are now at the end of service life.
Local planning notes →Huntertown
Once called 'The Opening,' platted in 1869 but not incorporated until 1966, so utility service ages vary sharply street to street.
Local planning notes →Leo-Cedarville
Twin mill villages on the St. Joseph River, merged in 1996, where some properties remain on wells and septic rather than municipal service.
Local planning notes →Grabill
A farming and lumber-mill community with many properties on private wells, which puts pumps and pressure tanks into normal scope.
Local planning notes →Woodburn
A Wabash Railroad stop platted in 1865, where long rural runs and frost depth shape how supply lines are routed.
Local planning notes →Auburn
DeKalb County's seat since 1837, whose older homes still carry galvanized supply that fails in clusters once pinholing begins.
Local planning notes →Columbia City
Whitley County's seat since 1839, rebuilt around its 1888 courthouse, with a downtown-era sewer system that tree roots reach easily.
Local planning notes →Bluffton
Wells County's seat since 1838 above the Wabash, where elevation differences across town affect drainage and venting decisions.
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