New Lexington, 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.
New Lexington at a glance
New Lexington serves about 5,161 people through 1,985 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 surface water, in Perry County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6400411; phone on file: 740-324-1633. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
New Lexington'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 New Lexington is 1.1 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) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How New Lexington 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. New Lexington's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in Ohio and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Perry County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Lexington. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Perry Co-Congo | 4,029 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Straitsville Water Association | 2,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crooksville | 2,534 | 1.4 ppb |
| Portersville East Branch Water Co. | 2,340 | 4.3 ppb |
| Northern Perry Co.Water #2 | 1,802 | 3.2 ppb |
| Northern Perry Co.Water #1 | 1,706 | 0 (not detected) |
| Somerset Village Of | 1,490 | 0 (not detected) |
| Thornville, Village Of | 991 | 1.76 ppb |
| Junction City | 819 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Straitsville, Village Of | 652 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in New Lexington'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 New Lexington 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.