Elyria Water Department, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Elyria Water Department
Elyria Water Department serves about 68,000 people through 24,490 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Lorain County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH4700411; phone on file: 440-324-7669. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Elyria Water Department's lead record
That is down 1.07 ppb from 1.07 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elyria Water Department is 9.1 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1.07 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 9.1 ppb |
How Elyria Water Department 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. Elyria Water Department's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in Ohio and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Lorain County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elyria Water Department. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rural Lorain Co. Water A | 73,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lorain City Pws | 64,152 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Ridgeville City Pws | 37,786 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avon City Pws | 24,060 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avon Lake City Pws | 23,659 | 0 (not detected) |
| Amherst City Pws | 11,797 | 2.5 ppb |
| Sheffield Lake City Pws | 9,108 | 1.9 ppb |
| Oberlin Water Department | 8,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wellington Village Pws | 4,802 | 2.4 ppb |
| Sheffield Village Pws | 4,165 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Elyria Water Department'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 Elyria Water Department 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.