New Waterford Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.15 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
New Waterford Village Pws serves about 1,238 people through 446 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 Columbiana County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH1501722; phone on file: 330-457-2844. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.15 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Waterford Village Pws is 3.82 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 3.82 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.68 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.38 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.03 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.69 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.97 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.3 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. New Waterford Village Pws's 2.15 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Ohio and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Columbiana County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Waterford Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Salem City | 16,850 | 9.4 ppb |
| East Liverpool City | 12,586 | 0.31 ppb |
| Buckeye Water District - Ohio River | 10,300 | 5 ppb |
| Columbiana City Pws | 6,727 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Palestine Village Pws | 4,761 | 4.17 ppb |
| Lisbon Village | 2,821 | 11.1 ppb |
| Leetonia Village Pws | 1,833 | 2.85 ppb |
| Washingtonville Village Pws | 801 | 2.96 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Tomahawk Utilities | 715 | 0 (not detected) |
| Columbiana County-County Home Rd Pws | 200 | 1.43 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Waterford, 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 Waterford 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.