Pickerington City Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Pickerington City Pws
Pickerington City Pws serves about 19,141 people through 7,489 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 Fairfield County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2301512; phone on file: 614-833-2292. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Pickerington City Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pickerington City Pws is 0.6 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Pickerington City Pws 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. Pickerington City Pws's 0.6 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Ohio and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Fairfield County
20 other systems share Fairfield County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pickerington City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lancaster City Pws | 40,400 | 0.8 ppb |
| Fairfield County Utilities Pws | 19,113 | 0 (not detected) |
| Millersport Village Pws | 3,200 | 0.6 ppb |
| Baltimore Village Pws | 2,995 | 2.1 ppb |
| Canal Pointe Industrial Park Pws | 1,721 | 0.5 ppb |
| Lithopolis Village Pws | 1,573 | 3.1 ppb |
| Odrc-Southeastern Correctional Institute | 1,461 | 0.5 ppb |
| Little Walnut Water Treatment Facility | 1,428 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bremen Village | 1,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pleasantville Village Pws | 960 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pickerington, 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 Pickerington 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. 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.