Springfield City Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Springfield City Pws serves about 60,680 people through 26,485 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 groundwater, in Clark County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH1204412; phone on file: 937-525-5880. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Springfield City Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Springfield City Pws is 0.6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Springfield City Pws's 0.6 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Ohio and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Clark County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Springfield City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| South Charleston Village Pws | 1,660 | 0.9 ppb |
| 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 Springfield, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Springfield, 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 Springfield City 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.