York Township Water Authority Pws, OH
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
York Township Water Authority Pws at a glance
York Township Water Authority Pws serves about 481 people through 206 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Belmont County, Ohio. EPA system ID: OH0701703; phone on file: 740-795-4084. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for York Township Water Authority Pws is 4.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.4 ppb |
How York Township Water Authority 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. York Township Water Authority Pws's 1.7 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Ohio and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Belmont County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than York Township Water Authority Pws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 Pws | 26,822 | 0 (not detected) |
| Martins Ferry Public Water System | 6,980 | 3.5 ppb |
| Barnesville | 6,500 | 4.99 ppb |
| St. Clairsville, City Of Pws | 5,097 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellaire Public Water System | 4,278 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shadyside Public Water System | 3,689 | 3.19 ppb |
| Bridgeport Public Water System | 2,830 | 4.8 ppb |
| Powhatan Point Public Water System | 1,592 | 0.8 ppb |
| Bethesda Public Water System | 1,382 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flushing Village Pws | 803 | 6.34 ppb |
Next steps for Powhatan Point, OH
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Powhatan Point, 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 York Township Water Authority 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.