Camden, Village Of, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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.
Camden, Village Of at a glance
Camden, Village Of serves about 2,050 people through 859 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 Preble County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6800112; phone on file: 937-452-7547. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Camden, Village Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Camden, Village Of is 2 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.61 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.61 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Camden, Village Of's 1.4 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Ohio and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Preble County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Camden, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eaton Public Water System | 8,400 | 6.7 ppb |
| Lakengren Water Authority | 2,950 | 2.4 ppb |
| Lewisburg Village Pws | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Paris Village Pws | 1,681 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Alexandria, Village Of | 1,385 | 3.8 ppb |
| Gratis Village Pws | 990 | 1.5 ppb |
| Eldorado, Village Of | 539 | 2 ppb |
| Verona, Village Of | 492 | 1 ppb |
| West Manchester, Village Of | 471 | 1.4 ppb |
| College Corner Water | 387 | 1.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Camden, 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 Camden, Village Of 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.