Hillsboro City, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Hillsboro City
Hillsboro City serves about 6,650 people through 3,359 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 surface water, in Highland County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH3600614; phone on file: 937-393-5219. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hillsboro City's lead record
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hillsboro City is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Hillsboro City 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. Hillsboro City's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in Ohio and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Highland County
4 other systems share Highland County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hillsboro City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Highland County Water Company, Inc. | 28,421 | 1.2 ppb |
| Greenfield Village Pws | 4,600 | 1.4 ppb |
| Lynchburg Village Pws | 1,515 | 0.7 ppb |
| Leesburg Village | 1,315 | 3.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Hillsboro City'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 Hillsboro City 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.