New Paris Village Pws, OH
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About New Paris Village Pws
New Paris Village Pws serves about 1,681 people through 680 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Preble County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6800912; phone on file: 937-437-4454. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Paris Village Pws is 15.6 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 15.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. New Paris Village Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in Ohio and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Preble County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Paris Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eaton Public Water System | 8,400 | 6.7 ppb |
| Lakengren Water Authority | 2,950 | 2.4 ppb |
| Camden, Village Of | 2,050 | 1.4 ppb |
| Lewisburg Village Pws | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Alexandria, Village Of | 1,385 | 3.8 ppb |
| Gratis Village Pws | 990 | 1.5 ppb |
| Eldorado, Village Of | 539 | 2 ppb |
| Verona, Village Of | 492 | 1 ppb |
| West Manchester, Village Of | 471 | 1.4 ppb |
| College Corner Water | 387 | 1.6 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Paris, 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 New Paris Village 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.