Bettsville Village, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 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.
Who runs the water here
Bettsville Village serves about 692 people through 312 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Seneca County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7400112; phone on file: 567-201-8364. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.4 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bettsville Village is 5.4 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.8 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. Bettsville Village's 2.2 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Ohio and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Seneca County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bettsville Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Ohio - Tiffin | 20,279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fostoria City | 13,441 | 0 (not detected) |
| Green Springs Village Pws | 1,592 | 1.8 ppb |
| Attica Village | 1,148 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bloomville Village Pws | 956 | 0 (not detected) |
| Republic Village | 550 | 2.5 ppb |
| Fostoria Mobile Estates | 281 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evergreen Poplar Village Mhp Pws | 128 | 2.85 ppb |
| Brook Park Estates Mhp Pws | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brightstar Fostoria East Mhp Pws | 65 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bettsville, 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 Bettsville Village 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.