Chardon Woods Of Journey, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Chardon Woods Of Journey at a glance
Chardon Woods Of Journey serves about 650 people through 4 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Geauga County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2804212; phone on file: 440-858-7475. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Chardon Woods Of Journey's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chardon Woods Of Journey is 5 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Chardon Woods Of Journey's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Ohio and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
30 other systems share Geauga County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chardon Woods Of Journey. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chardon City Pws | 5,247 | 0 (not detected) |
| Geauga County-Bainbridge | 3,000 | 3 ppb |
| Middlefield Village Pws | 2,748 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tanglewood Lake Water Co | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burton Village Pws | 1,520 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Lucerne Club Co. | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Notre Dame Sisters And Elementary School | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leaders Mhp Pws | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws | 658 | 0 (not detected) |
| Geauga County Services Center Pws | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Chardon, OH
Look up your address in Chardon Woods Of Journey's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Chardon Woods Of Journey 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.