Bryan City Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 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.
Who runs the water here
Bryan City Pws serves about 8,729 people through 3,987 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Williams County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH8600012; phone on file: 419-633-6100. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bryan City Pws is 9 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2023 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 6 ppb |
| 2018 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 9 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. Bryan City Pws's 6 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Ohio and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Williams County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bryan City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Montpelier Village | 4,280 | 4 ppb |
| Edgerton Village | 1,881 | 4.9 ppb |
| West Unity Village | 1,760 | 1.8 ppb |
| Pioneer Village | 1,449 | 1.7 ppb |
| Stryker Village | 1,259 | 5 ppb |
| Edon Village | 783 | 3.3 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Seneca | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Norlick | 345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williams Co/Hillside Country Living | 225 | 0.5 ppb |
| Oakwood Mhp | 180 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bryan, 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 Bryan City 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.