Dalton Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.08 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.
Who runs the water here
Dalton Village Pws serves about 2,000 people through 872 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 Wayne County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH8500412; phone on file: 330-828-2221. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (2.36 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dalton Village Pws is 8.9 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.08 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.36 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.81 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.43 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 8.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.34 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.74 ppb |
Against other Ohio systems
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. Dalton Village Pws's 2.08 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Ohio and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wayne County
29 other systems share Wayne County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dalton Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wooster City Pws | 26,618 | 2.1 ppb |
| Orrville City Pws | 8,452 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rittman City Pws | 6,491 | 0 (not detected) |
| Doylestown Village Pws | 3,051 | 0 (not detected) |
| Creston Village | 2,171 | 3.34 ppb |
| Shreve Village Pws | 1,514 | 2.31 ppb |
| West Salem Village Pws | 1,410 | 2.4 ppb |
| Smithville Village Pws | 1,232 | 0 (not detected) |
| Apple Creek Village Pws | 1,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marshallville Village Pws | 756 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Dalton, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Dalton, 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 Dalton Village 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.