Green Springs Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Green Springs Village Pws at a glance
Green Springs Village Pws serves about 1,592 people through 592 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 Seneca County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7400512; phone on file: 419-639-2123. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Green Springs Village Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Green Springs Village Pws is 7.2 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Green Springs Village Pws 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. Green Springs Village Pws's 1.8 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Ohio and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Seneca County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Green Springs Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Ohio - Tiffin | 20,279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fostoria City | 13,441 | 0 (not detected) |
| Attica Village | 1,148 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bloomville Village Pws | 956 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bettsville Village | 692 | 2.2 ppb |
| Republic Village | 550 | 2.5 ppb |
| Fostoria Mobile Estates | 281 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evergreen Poplar Village Mhp Pws | 128 | 2.85 ppb |
| Brook Park Estates Mhp Pws | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brightstar Fostoria East Mhp Pws | 65 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Green Springs, 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 Green Springs 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.