Spencer, Village Of, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Spencer, Village Of
Spencer, Village Of serves about 800 people through 312 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 surface water, in Medina County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH5201611; phone on file: 330-648-2259. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Spencer, Village Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Spencer, Village Of is 4.3 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 4.3 ppb |
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. Spencer, Village Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in Ohio and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Medina County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Spencer, Village Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Medina Co/Northwest Pws | 46,324 | 0.6 ppb |
| Medina City Pws | 25,956 | 3 ppb |
| Wadsworth City Pws | 24,356 | 0 (not detected) |
| Medina Co/Southern Water Dist Pws | 4,708 | 0.9 ppb |
| Lodi Village Pws | 2,884 | 1.7 ppb |
| Seville Village Pws | 2,296 | 3.2 ppb |
| Medina Co/Sharon-Wadsworth Pws | 566 | 1.5 ppb |
| Granger Lake Condo 1 Pws | 131 | 0 (not detected) |
| Granger Lake Condo 4 Pws | 108 | 0 (not detected) |
| Granger Lake Condos 2 And 3 | 63 | 2.8 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Spencer, Village Of'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 Spencer, Village Of 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.