Northern Perry Co.Water #2, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.2 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 Northern Perry Co.Water #2
Northern Perry Co.Water #2 serves about 1,802 people through 751 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 Perry County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6402703; phone on file: 740-342-1065. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 3.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northern Perry Co.Water #2 is 3.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.2 ppb |
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. Northern Perry Co.Water #2's 3.2 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Ohio and the 84th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Perry County
19 other systems share Perry County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Northern Perry Co.Water #2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Lexington | 5,161 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 #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) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Lexington, 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 Northern Perry Co.Water #2 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.