South Charleston Village Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.9 ppb (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. 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 South Charleston Village Pws
South Charleston Village Pws serves about 1,660 people through 702 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Clark County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH1204212; phone on file: 513-383-6047. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Charleston Village Pws is 2.44 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0.79 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.94 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.68 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.44 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.02 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. South Charleston Village Pws's 0.9 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Ohio and the 49th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Clark County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Charleston Village Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield City Pws | 60,680 | 0.6 ppb |
| Clark County Northridge Pws | 8,874 | 0 (not detected) |
| New Carlisle City Pws | 5,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clark County Park Layne Pws | 4,221 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clark County Green Meadows 2 Pws | 3,008 | 0 (not detected) |
| Enon Village Pws | 2,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairway Terrace Mhp Pws | 800 | 2.7 ppb |
| North Hampton Village Pws | 538 | 1.5 ppb |
| Harmony Estates Mobile Home Park | 507 | 1.3 ppb |
| Chateau Estates Mhp Pws | 430 | 5 ppb |
Next steps for Lebanon, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lebanon, 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 South Charleston Village 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.