Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 Pws, OH
Lead reported as not detected
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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 Pws serves about 26,822 people through 11,176 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 groundwater, in Belmont County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH0700412. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0.87 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 Pws is 3.45 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0.87 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.75 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.37 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.72 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.32 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.45 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Ohio and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Belmont County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Martins Ferry Public Water System | 6,980 | 3.5 ppb |
| Barnesville | 6,500 | 4.99 ppb |
| St. Clairsville, City Of Pws | 5,097 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellaire Public Water System | 4,278 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shadyside Public Water System | 3,689 | 3.19 ppb |
| Bridgeport Public Water System | 2,830 | 4.8 ppb |
| Powhatan Point Public Water System | 1,592 | 0.8 ppb |
| Bethesda Public Water System | 1,382 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flushing Village Pws | 803 | 6.34 ppb |
| York Township Water Authority Pws | 481 | 1.7 ppb |
Next steps for Barnesville, OH
Look up your address in Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 Pws's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.