Little Hocking Water Association, Inc., OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Little Hocking Water Association, Inc. at a glance
Little Hocking Water Association, Inc. serves about 9,892 people through 4,521 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH8400212; phone on file: 740-989-2181. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Little Hocking Water Association, Inc.'s lead record
That is down 1.2 ppb from 4.2 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Little Hocking Water Association, Inc. is 6.5 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 5.2 ppb |
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. Little Hocking Water Association, Inc.'s 3 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Ohio and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Washington County
14 other systems share Washington County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Little Hocking Water Association, Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marietta City Pws | 18,707 | 0.7 ppb |
| Warren Comm W And S Assn 2 | 7,215 | 1.5 ppb |
| Belpre City Pws | 6,441 | 1.7 ppb |
| Highland Ridge W And S Association Inc | 3,022 | 1.9 ppb |
| Tri-County Rural W And S District | 3,000 | 1.9 ppb |
| Putnam Community Water Association Pws | 2,744 | 6.65 ppb |
| Reno Water And Sewer 1 | 2,189 | 0.5 ppb |
| Beverly Village Pws | 1,900 | 1.7 ppb |
| Newport Water/Sewer District Pws | 1,582 | 2.4 ppb |
| Reno Water And Sewer 2 | 1,520 | 0.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Little Hocking, 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 Little Hocking Water Association, Inc. 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.