Waverly City Pws, OH
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Waverly City Pws
Waverly City Pws serves about 4,433 people through 2,122 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Pike County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH6600912; phone on file: 740-947-4996. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Waverly City Pws is 1.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 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. Waverly City Pws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Ohio and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Pike County
7 other systems share Pike County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Waverly City Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pike Water, Inc.-Plant Pws | 15,487 | 0.6 ppb |
| Piketon Village Pws | 2,181 | 0.9 ppb |
| Aqua Ohio - Lake White Pws | 1,229 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 2 Pws | 873 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaver Pws | 480 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pike Water, Inc.-Ross 3 Pws | 91 | 0.4 ppb |
| Dawsons Mobile Home Park Pws | 51 | 0.7 ppb |
Next steps for Waverly, OH
Look up your address in Waverly City 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 Waverly 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. 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.