Rustic Pines Mhc, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.78 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Rustic Pines Mhc
Rustic Pines Mhc serves about 180 people through 131 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Geauga County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2802112; phone on file: 440-671-3366. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.78 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rustic Pines Mhc is 2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.78 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Rustic Pines Mhc's 1.78 ppb sits at the 72nd percentile in Ohio and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Geauga County
30 other systems share Geauga County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rustic Pines Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chardon City Pws | 5,247 | 0 (not detected) |
| Geauga County-Bainbridge | 3,000 | 3 ppb |
| Middlefield Village Pws | 2,748 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tanglewood Lake Water Co | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burton Village Pws | 1,520 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Lucerne Club Co. | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Notre Dame Sisters And Elementary School | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leaders Mhp Pws | 700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Auburn Lakes Pws | 658 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chardon Woods Of Journey | 650 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Thompson, 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 Rustic Pines Mhc 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.