Georgetown Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 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.
About Georgetown Village Pws
Georgetown Village Pws serves about 4,331 people through 1,766 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Brown County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH0800503. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Georgetown Village Pws is 0.8 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. Georgetown Village Pws's 0.8 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Ohio and the 48th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Brown County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Georgetown Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County Rural Water | 32,090 | 0.7 ppb |
| Mount Orab Village Pws | 6,607 | 1.9 ppb |
| Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist | 1,860 | 1.2 ppb |
| Sardinia Village Pws | 952 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hamersville Village Pws | 925 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fayetteville Village Pws | 309 | 0.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Georgetown, 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 Georgetown Village Pws 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.