Bradford Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.6 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.
Bradford Village Pws at a glance
Bradford Village Pws serves about 2,000 people through 780 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 Darke County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH1900212; phone on file: 937-448-2718. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.2 ppb from 7.8 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bradford Village Pws is 7.8 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5.4 ppb |
How Bradford Village Pws 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. Bradford Village Pws's 4.6 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Ohio and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Darke County
8 other systems share Darke County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bradford Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville City Pws | 13,227 | 0 (not detected) |
| Versailles Village Pws | 2,687 | 0.7 ppb |
| Arcanum Village Pws | 2,100 | 1.8 ppb |
| Ansonia Village Pws | 1,174 | 0.9 ppb |
| New Madison Village Pws | 892 | 1.4 ppb |
| Gettysburg Village Pws | 513 | 0.6 ppb |
| Northtowne Communities Llc | 100 | 0.8 ppb |
| A And R Union City Park Mhp Pws | 85 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bradford, 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 Bradford Village 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.