Montpelier Village, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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.
About Montpelier Village
Montpelier Village serves about 4,280 people through 1,982 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 Williams County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH8600912; phone on file: 419-485-5543. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Montpelier Village is 13 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 9 ppb |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Montpelier Village's 4 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Ohio and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Williams County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Montpelier Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bryan City Pws | 8,729 | 6 ppb |
| Edgerton Village | 1,881 | 4.9 ppb |
| West Unity Village | 1,760 | 1.8 ppb |
| Pioneer Village | 1,449 | 1.7 ppb |
| Stryker Village | 1,259 | 5 ppb |
| Edon Village | 783 | 3.3 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Seneca | 750 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Norlick | 345 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williams Co/Hillside Country Living | 225 | 0.5 ppb |
| Oakwood Mhp | 180 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Montpelier, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Montpelier, 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 Montpelier Village 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.