Geauga County-Bainbridge, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Geauga County-Bainbridge at a glance
Geauga County-Bainbridge serves about 3,000 people through 951 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 Geauga County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2804003; phone on file: 440-867-6982. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Geauga County-Bainbridge is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Geauga County-Bainbridge 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. Geauga County-Bainbridge's 3 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Ohio and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Geauga County
30 other systems share Geauga County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Geauga County-Bainbridge. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chardon City Pws | 5,247 | 0 (not detected) |
| Middlefield Village Pws | 2,748 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tanglewood Lake Water Co | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burton Village Pws | 1,520 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Lucerne Club Co. | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Notre Dame Sisters And Elementary School | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leaders Mhp Pws | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws | 658 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chardon Woods Of Journey | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Geauga County Services Center Pws | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Chardon, 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 Geauga County-Bainbridge 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.