Columbiana City Pws, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Columbiana City Pws
Columbiana City Pws serves about 6,727 people through 3,382 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 Columbiana County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH1500312; phone on file: 330-482-2427. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Columbiana City Pws is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Columbiana City Pws 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. Columbiana City Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Ohio and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Columbiana County
16 other systems share Columbiana County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Columbiana City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Salem City | 16,850 | 9.4 ppb |
| East Liverpool City | 12,586 | 0.31 ppb |
| Buckeye Water District - Ohio River | 10,300 | 5 ppb |
| East Palestine Village Pws | 4,761 | 4.17 ppb |
| Lisbon Village | 2,821 | 11.1 ppb |
| Leetonia Village Pws | 1,833 | 2.85 ppb |
| New Waterford Village Pws | 1,238 | 2.15 ppb |
| Washingtonville Village Pws | 801 | 2.96 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Tomahawk Utilities | 715 | 0 (not detected) |
| Columbiana County-County Home Rd Pws | 200 | 1.43 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Columbiana City Pws'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 Columbiana 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.