Medina Co/Southern Water Dist Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 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.
Who runs the water here
Medina Co/Southern Water Dist Pws serves about 4,708 people through 1,712 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 Medina County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH5260712; phone on file: 330-764-8345. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Medina Co/Southern Water Dist Pws is 1.2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Medina Co/Southern Water Dist 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. Medina Co/Southern Water Dist Pws's 0.9 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Ohio and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Medina County
12 other systems share Medina County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Medina Co/Southern Water Dist Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Medina Co/Northwest Pws | 46,324 | 0.6 ppb |
| Medina City Pws | 25,956 | 3 ppb |
| Wadsworth City Pws | 24,356 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lodi Village Pws | 2,884 | 1.7 ppb |
| Seville Village Pws | 2,296 | 3.2 ppb |
| Spencer, Village Of | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Medina Co/Sharon-Wadsworth Pws | 566 | 1.5 ppb |
| Granger Lake Condo 1 Pws | 131 | 0 (not detected) |
| Granger Lake Condo 4 Pws | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Granger Lake Condos 2 And 3 | 63 | 2.8 ppb |
Next steps for Columbia Station, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Columbia Station, 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 Medina Co/Southern Water Dist 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.