Brown County Rural Water, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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
Brown County Rural Water serves about 32,090 people through 11,679 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 Brown County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH0802012; phone on file: 937-375-4106. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Brown County Rural Water's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brown County Rural Water is 0.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 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. Brown County Rural Water's 0.7 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in Ohio and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Brown County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brown County Rural Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Orab Village Pws | 6,607 | 1.9 ppb |
| Georgetown Village Pws | 4,331 | 0.8 ppb |
| Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist | 1,860 | 1.2 ppb |
| Sardinia Village Pws | 952 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hamersville Village Pws | 925 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fayetteville Village Pws | 309 | 0.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ripley, 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 Brown County Rural Water 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.