South Lebanon Pws No 2, 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.
Who runs the water here
South Lebanon Pws No 2 serves about 180 people through 80 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Warren County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH8361413; phone on file: 513-770-4871. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Lebanon Pws No 2 is 0.5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0.5 ppb |
How South Lebanon Pws No 2 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. South Lebanon Pws No 2's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in Ohio and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Warren County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than South Lebanon Pws No 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Warren County | 99,000 | 1.4 ppb |
| Western Water Company | 39,508 | 1.3 ppb |
| Lebanon City | 20,700 | 1.2 ppb |
| Springboro Pws | 19,263 | 4.4 ppb |
| Franklin Public Water System | 11,690 | 2.1 ppb |
| South Lebanon City Pws | 7,792 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waynesville Village Pws | 4,100 | 1.6 ppb |
| Lebanon Correctional Institution | 3,410 | 4.4 ppb |
| Morrow Village Pws | 3,360 | 1.9 ppb |
| Carlisle City Pws | 1,675 | 1.7 ppb |
Next steps for South Lebanon, OH
Look up your address in South Lebanon Pws No 2'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 South Lebanon Pws No 2 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.