Coal Grove, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Coal Grove at a glance
Coal Grove serves about 2,167 people through 1,375 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 Lawrence County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH4400012. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Coal Grove's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Coal Grove is 1 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Coal Grove compares
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. Coal Grove's 1 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in Ohio and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Lawrence County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Coal Grove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hecla Water Association | 34,942 | 0.7 ppb |
| Ironton | 11,129 | 1.1 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Lawrence County | 8,130 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Point Village | 4,133 | 3.8 ppb |
| Proctorville Village Pws | 574 | 2.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Southpoint, 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 Coal Grove 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.