Otterbein-Lebanon Retreat Center, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 ppb (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. 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
Otterbein-Lebanon Retreat Center serves about 1,541 people through 242 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Warren County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH8301112; phone on file: 513-696-8502. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.1 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Otterbein-Lebanon Retreat Center is 4.4 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Otterbein-Lebanon Retreat Center compares
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. Otterbein-Lebanon Retreat Center's 0.9 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Ohio and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Warren County
14 other systems share Warren County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Otterbein-Lebanon Retreat Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Warren County | 99,000 | 1.4 ppb |
| Western Water Company | 39,508 | 1.3 ppb |
| Lebanon City | 20,700 | 1.2 ppb |
| Springboro Pws | 19,263 | 4.4 ppb |
| Franklin Public Water System | 11,690 | 2.1 ppb |
| South Lebanon City Pws | 7,792 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waynesville Village Pws | 4,100 | 1.6 ppb |
| Lebanon Correctional Institution | 3,410 | 4.4 ppb |
| Morrow Village Pws | 3,360 | 1.9 ppb |
| Carlisle City Pws | 1,675 | 1.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lebanon, 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 Otterbein-Lebanon Retreat Center 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.