Erie Co Vermilion District, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.6 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 Vermilion District at a glance
Erie Co Vermilion District serves about 930 people through 406 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 surface water, in Erie County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2200803; 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 Vermilion District's lead record
That is up 2.1 ppb from 0.5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Erie Co Vermilion District is 2.6 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Erie Co Vermilion 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 Vermilion District's 2.6 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in Ohio and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Erie County
11 other systems share Erie County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Erie Co Vermilion 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 |
| 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 |
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 Vermilion 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.