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Lead in Ohio drinking water

1,044 community water systems tested

5.1%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(53/1,044)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
CONCORD CARE CENTER OF HARTFORD 99 0.0558 mg/L
RANCH OF OPPORTUNITY PWS 55 0.0513 mg/L
WILLIAMS CO/HILLSIDE COUNTRY LIVING 225 0.0490 mg/L
DEFIANCE CITY 16,494 0.0487 mg/L
WAYNE COUNTY CARE CENTER 225 0.0447 mg/L
INDIAN LAKE REHABILATION CENTER 53 0.0440 mg/L
SMITHVILLE WESTERN LIMITED 480 0.0430 mg/L
ATTICA VILLAGE 1,148 0.0422 mg/L
LEXVIEW ALLOTMENT 225 0.0393 mg/L
NEWARK CITY PWS 49,934 0.0370 mg/L
PEBBLE CREEK CONVALESCENT CENTER 240 0.0338 mg/L
WARSAW PWS 782 0.0322 mg/L
MCARTHUR, VILLAGE OF 1,920 0.0320 mg/L
TIMBERBROOK MOBILE HOME PARK BRISTOL 1,418 0.0320 mg/L
MILFORD CITY PWS 6,700 0.0310 mg/L
CHARDON ESTATES 217 0.0295 mg/L
LOUISVILLE GARDENS HEALTH CENTER 81 0.0291 mg/L
LINCOLN SQUARE APARTMENTS 125 0.0290 mg/L
CHRISTI WATER SYSTEM INC 483 0.0280 mg/L
FLUSHING VILLAGE PWS 803 0.0266 mg/L
LEESBURG VILLAGE 1,315 0.0260 mg/L
COUNTRY ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK MUNCIE 150 0.0255 mg/L
COUNTRY MEADOWS CONDO. 65 0.0250 mg/L
AQUA OHIO - SHEPARD HILLS PWS 725 0.0242 mg/L
CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY 4,000 0.0238 mg/L
SYLVANIA CITY 21,618 0.0230 mg/L
CARROLL WATER AND SEWER 2,288 0.0230 mg/L
GRAFTON VILLAGE PWS 2,769 0.0220 mg/L
MEADOWOOD WATER ASSOCIATION 140 0.0220 mg/L
PIKETON VILLAGE PWS 2,181 0.0214 mg/L
ARCADIA VILLAGE PWS 564 0.0210 mg/L
FAIR HAVEN SHELBY COUNTY HOME 290 0.0210 mg/L
AVON MOBILE HOME PARK 138 0.0200 mg/L
PUTNAM COMMUNITY WATER ASSOCIATION PWS 2,744 0.0198 mg/L
RAINBOW WATER CARMEL (T) 432 0.0190 mg/L
GAHANNA CITY PWS 33,258 0.0186 mg/L
ORANGEWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK DELAND 67 0.0185 mg/L
REYNOLDSBURG CITY PWS 37,847 0.0185 mg/L
EAST LIVERPOOL CITY 12,586 0.0180 mg/L
COUNTRY POINTE WOOSTER SUB-ACUTE PWS 84 0.0180 mg/L
MOHICAN YOUNG STAR ACADEMY 150 0.0178 mg/L
COLUMBUS PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM 1,305,946 0.0177 mg/L
FOWLER MOBILE HOME PARK 69 0.0175 mg/L
ROCKFORD VILLAGE 1,120 0.0171 mg/L
WESTVIEW MHP 450 0.0170 mg/L
COLUMBUS GROVE VILLAGE 2,137 0.0168 mg/L
PM ESTATES PWS 197 0.0163 mg/L
MID-OHIO WSD - JACKSON STREET WTP 4,467 0.0160 mg/L
GRANGER LAKE CONDO 1 PWS 131 0.0159 mg/L
LOCKBOURNE VILLAGE PWS 275 0.0157 mg/L
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY 8,948 0.0154 mg/L
APPLE CREEK VILLAGE PWS 1,190 0.0154 mg/L
STRYKER VILLAGE 1,259 0.0150 mg/L
NORTHWESTERN W AND SD - OREGON WTLN 200 9,629 0.0150 mg/L
CHESTERHILL VILLAGE PWS 823 0.0150 mg/L
SOUTH CHARLESTON VILLAGE PWS 1,660 0.0149 mg/L
COUNTRY MEADOW CARE CENTER 80 0.0149 mg/L
PAINESVILLE CITY PWS 31,728 0.0149 mg/L
MAUMEE CITY 14,286 0.0148 mg/L
BELLBROOK WATER WORKS 9,475 0.0147 mg/L
AQUA OHIO - FIRESTONE TRACE 336 0.0147 mg/L
EATON PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM 8,400 0.0147 mg/L
BUTLER CO. WATER DISTRICT 2 PWS 116,572 0.0146 mg/L
GUILFORD HIGHLANDS MOBILE HOME PARK PWS 103 0.0145 mg/L
NORTH RIDGEVILLE CITY PWS 29,465 0.0144 mg/L
BAINBROOK WATER COMPANY PWS 339 0.0144 mg/L
BEAVER PWS 480 0.0143 mg/L
HAMLER VILLAGE 580 0.0143 mg/L
WILMINGTON CITY PWS 12,401 0.0143 mg/L
NEW LEBANON VILLAGE PWS 3,770 0.0142 mg/L
LEBANON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION 3,410 0.0142 mg/L
VILLA VISTA MOBILE HOME 236 0.0142 mg/L
PRESERVE PLACE 95 0.0142 mg/L
AVON CITY PWS 23,800 0.0140 mg/L
LOVELAND CITY PWS 12,800 0.0140 mg/L
ROAMING SHORES VILLAGE PWS 1,764 0.0140 mg/L
DUNKIRK VILLAGE PWS 875 0.0140 mg/L
REPUBLIC VILLAGE 550 0.0140 mg/L
NORTHERN OHIO RURAL WATER 18,224 0.0140 mg/L
WOOSTER ROLLING WHEELS ESTATES MHP 169 0.0140 mg/L
LAKE VIEW VILLAGE MHP 56 0.0139 mg/L
ERIE CO PERKINS DISTRICT 17,241 0.0139 mg/L
RIO GRANDE 830 0.0138 mg/L
BRYAN CITY PWS 8,729 0.0138 mg/L
KNOX COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER PWS 7,710 0.0138 mg/L
COLONIAL HILLS MHP 185 0.0138 mg/L
ECHO LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 58 0.0137 mg/L
WASHINGTONVILLE VILLAGE PWS 801 0.0137 mg/L
JOHNSON MOBILE HOME PARK 72 0.0136 mg/L
WILLIAMSBURG VILLAGE PWS 2,490 0.0136 mg/L
GRATIS VILLAGE PWS 990 0.0136 mg/L
OAKWOOD VILLAGE PWS 727 0.0135 mg/L
SCENIC CREEK APARTMENTS PWS 80 0.0135 mg/L
TWIN PINES MHP 69 0.0135 mg/L
DELPHOS CITY 7,101 0.0134 mg/L
WELLINGTON VILLAGE PWS 4,802 0.0134 mg/L
NORTHWESTERN W AND SD - MCCOMB 1,527 0.0134 mg/L
AUTUMN HILLS HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY 87 0.0134 mg/L
BLUE RIVER ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK EDINBURG 99 0.0132 mg/L
WILMOT VILLAGE PWS 325 0.0132 mg/L