Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 Pws, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 Pws at a glance
Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 Pws serves about 873 people through 348 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Pike County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6601803; phone on file: 740-947-2524. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 Pws is 1.5 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 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. Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Ohio and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Pike County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pike Water, Inc.-Plant Pws | 15,487 | 0.6 ppb |
| Waverly City Pws | 4,433 | 0 (not detected) |
| Piketon Village Pws | 2,181 | 0.9 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Lake White Pws | 1,229 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaver Pws | 480 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 3 Pws | 91 | 0.4 ppb |
| Dawsons Mobile Home Park Pws | 51 | 0.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 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 Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 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.