Sandusky City, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (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. 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.
Sandusky City at a glance
Sandusky City serves about 25,793 people through 10,500 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 surface water, in Erie County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH2201411; phone on file: 419-627-5875. 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 2024 (6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sandusky City is 13 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
| 2022 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 6 ppb |
| 2019 | 6 ppb |
| 2018 | 6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Sandusky City's 5 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Ohio and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Erie County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sandusky City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Erie Co Perkins District | 17,241 | 2.7 ppb |
| Vermilion City | 10,594 | 0 (not detected) |
| Huron City | 6,893 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northern Ohio Rural Water - Nw District | 6,409 | 2.2 ppb |
| Erie Co Margaretta District | 5,131 | 1.7 ppb |
| Kelleys Island Village | 3,125 | 2.8 ppb |
| Erie Co Huron East District | 1,713 | 2 ppb |
| Milan Village Pws | 1,371 | 1.3 ppb |
| Erie Co Huron South District | 1,086 | 1.8 ppb |
| Erie Co Vermilion District | 930 | 2.6 ppb |
Next steps for Sandusky, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandusky, 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 Sandusky City 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.