North Canton City Pws, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 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.
Who runs the water here
North Canton City Pws serves about 24,747 people through 9,181 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Stark County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7604312; phone on file: 330-499-1528. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Canton City Pws is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. North Canton City Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Ohio and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Stark County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Canton City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Canton Public Water System | 107,113 | 3.47 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Massillon Pws | 95,636 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alliance City Pws | 22,232 | 1.9 ppb |
| Louisville City Pws | 9,186 | 1.44 ppb |
| Stark County Water District | 6,690 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canal Fulton City Pws | 5,323 | 2.3 ppb |
| Minerva Village Pws | 3,684 | 4.82 ppb |
| Brewster Village Pws | 2,113 | 7.13 ppb |
| Navarre Village Pws | 1,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Canton Village Pws | 1,606 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in North Canton City Pws'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 North Canton City 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.