Licking County Prescott Estates, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Licking County Prescott Estates at a glance
Licking County Prescott Estates serves about 732 people through 151 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Licking County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH4501712; phone on file: 740-928-0302. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Licking County Prescott Estates's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Licking County Prescott Estates is 0 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Licking County Prescott Estates 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. Licking County Prescott Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Ohio and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Licking County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Licking County Prescott Estates. 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 |
| Hebron Village Pws | 2,368 | 1.7 ppb |
| Utica Village Pws | 2,235 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Buckeye Lake, OH
Look up your address in Licking County Prescott Estates'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 Licking County Prescott Estates 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.