Southern Estates Water Assoc Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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 Southern Estates Water Assoc Pws
Southern Estates Water Assoc Pws serves about 150 people through 58 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Richland County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7004812; phone on file: 419-756-0912. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southern Estates Water Assoc Pws is 5.5 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.8 ppb |
| 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. Southern Estates Water Assoc Pws's 3 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Ohio and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
44 other systems share Richland County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Southern Estates Water Assoc Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mansfield City | 51,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shelby City | 9,453 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ontario City | 6,756 | 2.7 ppb |
| Lexington Village | 4,825 | 0 (not detected) |
| Madison Water District | 2,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellville Village | 1,918 | 0.9 ppb |
| Plymouth Village | 1,874 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastview Community Water Association | 1,100 | 2.6 ppb |
| Butler Village | 940 | 1.1 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Mansfield System #01 | 813 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mansfield, 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 Southern Estates Water Assoc 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.