East Palestine Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.17 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
East Palestine Village Pws at a glance
East Palestine Village Pws serves about 4,761 people through 2,100 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: OH1500912; phone on file: 330-426-7062. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.24 ppb from 2.93 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Palestine Village Pws is 4.17 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.17 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.93 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. East Palestine Village Pws's 4.17 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Ohio and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Columbiana County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than East Palestine Village 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 |
| Columbiana City Pws | 6,727 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Palestine, 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 East Palestine 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.