Portage County Water Resources, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Portage County Water Resources at a glance
Portage County Water Resources serves about 8,606 people through 3,969 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Portage County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6702812; phone on file: 330-298-2072. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Portage County Water Resources is 1.1 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Portage County Water Resources's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th percentile in Ohio and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
27 other systems share Portage County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Portage County Water Resources. 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) |
| 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) |
| Aqua Ohio - Aurora E | 766 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Ravenna, OH
Look up your address in Portage County Water Resources'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 Portage County Water Resources 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.