Orchard Estates I Mhc, Llc, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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
Orchard Estates I Mhc, Llc serves about 316 people through 105 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Portage County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6702512; phone on file: 330-697-6013. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Orchard Estates I Mhc, Llc's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Orchard Estates I Mhc, Llc is 4 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Orchard Estates I Mhc, Llc's 4 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Ohio and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Portage County
27 other systems share Portage County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Orchard Estates I Mhc, Llc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kent City Pws | 29,662 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ravenna City Pws | 16,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Aurora City - Cleveland Pws | 15,852 | 0 (not detected) |
| Streetsboro City Pws | 15,105 | 0 (not detected) |
| Portage County Water Resources | 8,606 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garrettsville Village Pws | 2,325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Windham Village Pws | 1,777 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Beechcrest | 1,496 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hiram Village Pws | 1,406 | 0 (not detected) |
| Portage County Wr - Mantua Village Pws | 1,207 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Ravenna, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ravenna, 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 Orchard Estates I Mhc, Llc 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.