Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws, 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.
Who runs the water here
Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws serves about 6,587 people through 2,259 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH7901612; phone on file: 330-874-3262. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws is 4.34 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.34 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.16 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.77 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.38 ppb |
How Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws 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. Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Ohio and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Tuscarawas County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Philadelphia City Pws | 17,410 | 1.36 ppb |
| Dover City Pws | 13,253 | 2 ppb |
| Twin City Water And Sewer District Pws | 9,224 | 1.89 ppb |
| Newcomerstown Village Pws | 3,882 | 0 (not detected) |
| Strasburg Village Pws | 2,610 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sugarcreek Village Pws | 2,220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Ohio - Midvale | 2,147 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gnadenhutten | 1,240 | 6.67 ppb |
| Tuscarawas Village | 1,056 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bolivar Village Pws | 998 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills Pws'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 Tcmsd-Wilkshire Hills 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.