Deshler Village, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
About Deshler Village
Deshler Village serves about 1,578 people through 761 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 Henry County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH3500112; phone on file: 419-278-1831. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Deshler Village's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Deshler Village is 2.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Deshler Village 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. Deshler Village's 2.5 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Ohio and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Henry County
9 other systems share Henry County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Deshler Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Napoleon City | 8,858 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty Center Village | 1,350 | 1.2 ppb |
| Holgate Village | 1,150 | 1 ppb |
| Hamler Village | 580 | 0 (not detected) |
| Florida Village | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwestern W And Sd - Co Rd P Pws | 440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwestern W And Sd - Sr 108 Pws | 267 | 0 (not detected) |
| Malinta Village | 265 | 0 (not detected) |
| Genacross Family And Youth Services Pws | 70 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Deshler, 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 Deshler Village 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.