Hudson City Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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.
Who runs the water here
Hudson City Pws serves about 8,385 people through 3,354 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 Summit County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7701612; phone on file: 330-342-1755. 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 2.1 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hudson City Pws is 4 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.17 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.65 ppb |
How Hudson City 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. Hudson City Pws's 2.1 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Ohio and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Summit County
28 other systems share Summit County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hudson City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Akron City Pws | 280,000 | 2.67 ppb |
| Cuyahoga Falls City Pws | 51,114 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stow Public Water System | 35,437 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barberton City | 31,298 | 3.01 ppb |
| Tallmadge City Pws | 18,394 | 0 (not detected) |
| Munroe Falls City Pws | 5,042 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakemore Village Pws | 3,068 | 0 (not detected) |
| Silver Lake Village Pws | 2,519 | 2.95 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Shepard Hills Pws | 725 | 2.1 ppb |
| Towbridge Development | 352 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hudson, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hudson, 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 Hudson City 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.