Canal Fulton City Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Canal Fulton City Pws at a glance
Canal Fulton City Pws serves about 5,323 people through 2,274 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 Stark County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7600912; phone on file: 330-854-5353. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.4 ppb from 4.7 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Canal Fulton City Pws is 4.7 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3.49 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.03 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.67 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.83 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.9 ppb |
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. Canal Fulton City Pws's 2.3 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Ohio and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
34 other systems share Stark County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Canal Fulton City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Canton Public Water System | 107,113 | 3.47 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Massillon Pws | 95,636 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Canton City Pws | 24,747 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alliance City Pws | 22,232 | 1.9 ppb |
| Louisville City Pws | 9,186 | 1.44 ppb |
| Stark County Water District | 6,690 | 0 (not detected) |
| Minerva Village Pws | 3,684 | 4.82 ppb |
| Brewster Village Pws | 2,113 | 7.13 ppb |
| Navarre Village Pws | 1,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Canton Village Pws | 1,606 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Canal Fulton, 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 Canal Fulton 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.