Erie Co Perkins District, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 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 Perkins District at a glance
Erie Co Perkins District serves about 17,241 people through 7,496 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 Erie County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2200603; phone on file: 419-433-7303. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (2.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Erie Co Perkins District is 4 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Erie Co Perkins District 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. Erie Co Perkins District's 2.7 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Ohio and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Erie County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Erie Co Perkins 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 |
| 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 |
| Erie Co Margaretta District | 5,131 | 1.7 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 |
Next steps for Huron, OH
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 Perkins 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.