Fairlane Water Co., OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Fairlane Water Co. serves about 354 people through 118 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Portage County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6701312; phone on file: 330-896-4949. 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 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fairlane Water Co. is 1.9 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Ohio systems
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. Fairlane Water Co.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 14th percentile in Ohio and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
27 other systems share Portage County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fairlane Water Co.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kent City Pws | 29,662 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ravenna City Pws | 16,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Aurora City - Cleveland Pws | 15,852 | 0 (not detected) |
| Streetsboro City Pws | 15,105 | 0 (not detected) |
| Portage County Water Resources | 8,606 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garrettsville Village Pws | 2,325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Windham Village Pws | 1,777 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Beechcrest | 1,496 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hiram Village Pws | 1,406 | 0 (not detected) |
| Portage County Wr - Mantua Village Pws | 1,207 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Fairlane Water Co.'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 Fairlane Water Co. 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.