Jackson/Milton Metro Water District Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.23 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.
Jackson/Milton Metro Water District Pws at a glance
Jackson/Milton Metro Water District Pws serves about 3,728 people through 1,593 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 Mahoning County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH5054212; phone on file: 330-793-5514. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Jackson/Milton Metro Water District Pws's lead record
That is up 2.23 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson/Milton Metro Water District Pws is 7.03 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.23 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 7.03 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 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. Jackson/Milton Metro Water District Pws's 2.23 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Ohio and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Mahoning County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson/Milton Metro Water District Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Youngstown City Pws | 130,530 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Struthers | 58,551 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canfield City Pws | 7,706 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sebring Village Pws | 6,058 | 0 (not detected) |
| M And C Mobile Home Park | 58 | 0 (not detected) |
| Island Creek Homeowners | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Youngstown, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Youngstown, 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 Jackson/Milton Metro Water District 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.