Erie Co Margaretta District, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 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.
Erie Co Margaretta District at a glance
Erie Co Margaretta District serves about 5,131 people through 2,180 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 surface water, in Erie County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2200203; phone on file: 419-433-7303. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Erie Co Margaretta District's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Erie Co Margaretta District is 2.2 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 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. Erie Co Margaretta District's 1.7 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Ohio and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Erie County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Erie Co Margaretta District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandusky City | 25,793 | 5 ppb |
| Erie Co Perkins District | 17,241 | 2.7 ppb |
| Vermilion City | 10,594 | 0 (not detected) |
| Huron City | 6,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northern Ohio Rural Water - Nw District | 6,409 | 2.2 ppb |
| Kelleys Island Village | 3,125 | 2.8 ppb |
| Erie Co Huron East District | 1,713 | 2 ppb |
| Milan Village Pws | 1,371 | 1.3 ppb |
| Erie Co Huron South District | 1,086 | 1.8 ppb |
| Erie Co Vermilion District | 930 | 2.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Huron, 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 Erie Co Margaretta District 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.