Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.01 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula
Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula serves about 32,342 people through 13,255 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Ashtabula County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH0400711; phone on file: 440-997-7566. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.08 ppb from 3.09 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula is 5 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.01 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.09 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.7 ppb |
How Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula compares
Of the 1,079 Ohio systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.7 ppb; 1 are over 15 ppb right now and 27 have gone over at some point. Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula's 2.01 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Ohio and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ashtabula County
10 other systems share Ashtabula County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ashtabula County Water System | 14,757 | 0 (not detected) |
| Conneaut | 12,538 | 2.2 ppb |
| Andover-Camplands Water | 6,009 | 0 (not detected) |
| Geneva City Pws | 5,924 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Village Of Jefferson | 3,226 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roaming Shores Village Pws | 1,764 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orwell Village Pws | 1,660 | 8 ppb |
| Andover Village Pws | 1,019 | 2.07 ppb |
| Rock Creek Village | 667 | 0.8 ppb |
| Dfc Mobile Home Park | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Ashtabula, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ashtabula, OH 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 Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.