Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws, OH
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws
Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws serves about 658 people through 369 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Geauga County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2803612; phone on file: 440-255-3984. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws is 42 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 42 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 7 ppb |
Against other Ohio systems
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 - Auburn Lakes Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Ohio and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
30 other systems share Geauga County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chardon City Pws | 5,247 | 0 (not detected) |
| Geauga County-Bainbridge | 3,000 | 3 ppb |
| Middlefield Village Pws | 2,748 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tanglewood Lake Water Co | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burton Village Pws | 1,520 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Lucerne Club Co. | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Notre Dame Sisters And Elementary School | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leaders Mhp Pws | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chardon Woods Of Journey | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Geauga County Services Center Pws | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Mentor, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mentor, 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 - Auburn Lakes Pws 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.