Loveland City Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.21 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
Loveland City Pws serves about 12,800 people through 4,937 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Clermont County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH1300812; phone on file: 513-683-0150. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.11 ppb from 5.32 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Loveland City Pws is 9.69 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.21 ppb |
| 2024 | 5.32 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.36 ppb |
| 2022 | 9.69 ppb |
| 2021 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.36 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.91 ppb |
| 2018 | 7.44 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.47 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Loveland City Pws's 4.21 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Ohio and the 89th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Clermont County
8 other systems share Clermont County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Loveland City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clermont Public Water System | 133,059 | 2.4 ppb |
| Tate-Monroe Water Association Pws | 24,092 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milford City Pws | 6,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Richmond Village Pws | 2,698 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bethel Village Pws | 2,620 | 3.6 ppb |
| Williamsburg Village Pws | 2,490 | 2.6 ppb |
| Felicity Village Pws | 1,573 | 0 (not detected) |
| Robin Grays Pws | 88 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Loveland, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Loveland, 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 Loveland 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.