Barberton City, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.01 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.
Barberton City at a glance
Barberton City serves about 31,298 people through 13,871 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Summit County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7700411; phone on file: 330-848-6744. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.43 ppb from 5.44 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Barberton City is 5.44 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.01 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.44 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.5 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. Barberton City's 3.01 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Ohio and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Summit County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Barberton City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Akron City Pws | 280,000 | 2.67 ppb |
| Cuyahoga Falls City Pws | 51,114 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stow Public Water System | 35,437 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tallmadge City Pws | 18,394 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hudson City Pws | 8,385 | 2.1 ppb |
| Munroe Falls City Pws | 5,042 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakemore Village Pws | 3,068 | 0 (not detected) |
| Silver Lake Village Pws | 2,519 | 2.95 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Shepard Hills Pws | 725 | 2.1 ppb |
| Towbridge Development | 352 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Norton, 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 Barberton City 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.