Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (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. 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.
About Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist
Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist serves about 1,860 people through 760 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Brown County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH0800811; phone on file: 678-577-8007. 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 up 1.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist is 1.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist 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. Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist's 1.2 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Ohio and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Brown County
6 other systems share Brown County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County Rural Water | 32,090 | 0.7 ppb |
| Mount Orab Village Pws | 6,607 | 1.9 ppb |
| Georgetown Village Pws | 4,331 | 0.8 ppb |
| Sardinia Village Pws | 952 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hamersville Village Pws | 925 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fayetteville Village Pws | 309 | 0.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sardinia, 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 Waynoka Regional Water And Sewer Dist 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.