Waterford Water/Sewer Association, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (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. 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.
Waterford Water/Sewer Association at a glance
Waterford Water/Sewer Association serves about 770 people through 275 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH8401112; phone on file: 740-350-0372. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Waterford Water/Sewer Association is 2.5 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Waterford Water/Sewer Association's 1.1 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Ohio and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Washington County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Waterford Water/Sewer Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marietta City Pws | 18,707 | 0.7 ppb |
| Little Hocking Water Association, Inc. | 9,892 | 3 ppb |
| Warren Comm W And S Assn 2 | 7,215 | 1.5 ppb |
| Belpre City Pws | 6,441 | 1.7 ppb |
| Highland Ridge W And S Association Inc | 3,022 | 1.9 ppb |
| Tri-County Rural W And S District | 3,000 | 1.9 ppb |
| Putnam Community Water Association Pws | 2,744 | 6.65 ppb |
| Reno Water And Sewer 1 | 2,189 | 0.5 ppb |
| Beverly Village Pws | 1,900 | 1.7 ppb |
| Newport Water/Sewer District Pws | 1,582 | 2.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Waterford, 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 Waterford Water/Sewer Association 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.