Fairborn Public Water System, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 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.
About Fairborn Public Water System
Fairborn Public Water System serves about 34,620 people through 14,028 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Greene County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2900612; phone on file: 937-754-3097. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Fairborn Public Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (2.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fairborn Public Water System is 3.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
How Fairborn Public Water System 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. Fairborn Public Water System's 3.1 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Ohio and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Greene County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fairborn Public Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greene Co.-Northwest Reg Water | 41,895 | 0 (not detected) |
| Xenia City Pws | 29,000 | 1.2 ppb |
| Wright-Patterson Afb Area A Pws | 16,551 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wright-Patterson Afb Area B Pws | 11,034 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellbrook Water Works | 9,475 | 4.3 ppb |
| Wright State University | 8,948 | 3.1 ppb |
| Greene County Eastern Regional Pws | 4,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedarville University | 4,000 | 3.4 ppb |
| Yellow Springs Village Pws | 3,761 | 4.2 ppb |
| Jamestown Village Pws | 1,997 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jamestown, 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 Fairborn Public Water System 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.