Hebron Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Hebron Village Pws
Hebron Village Pws serves about 2,368 people through 1,010 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 groundwater, in Licking County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH4501012; phone on file: 740-928-8792. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hebron Village Pws is 1.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 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. Hebron Village Pws's 1.7 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Ohio and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Licking County
17 other systems share Licking County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hebron Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Newark City Pws | 49,934 | 1 ppb |
| Licking Regional Water District | 17,818 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Heath Pws | 10,310 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pataskala City | 9,900 | 1.3 ppb |
| Granville, Village Of | 5,946 | 2.4 ppb |
| Johnstown City Pws | 5,200 | 2 ppb |
| Licking County Harbor Hills Pws | 3,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buckeye Lake, Village Of Pws | 2,746 | 1.4 ppb |
| Utica Village Pws | 2,235 | 2 ppb |
| Licking County Prescott Estates | 732 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hebron, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hebron, 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 Hebron 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.