Junction City
What EPA’s and Ohio’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 819 people
- Connections
- 386
- Water source
- Groundwater bought from another system
- Based in
- Junction City, OH
- County
- Perry
- Owner
- Local government
The ZIP code it serves
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and Ohio’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
Lead and copper: copper at 40 mg/L (2005) is left out of this report: it is one of the results Ohio sent EPA in 2006, all at µg/L magnitudes though EPA’s file marks them mg/L.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Ohio’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 11, 2020 to Nov. 11, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Below EPA’s limits2
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
68.8ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025
2025 average: 58 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 68.8 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 83.3 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 58 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 90.4 ppb, in 2013.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
19.2ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025
2025 average: 18.8 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 19.2 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 27.5 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 18.8 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 24.9 ppb, in 2012.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Lead
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 8 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Ohio’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Junction City’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Ohio’s results run from Feb. 11, 2020 to Nov. 11, 2025.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to the area Junction City serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
SafeSource Water Analytics LLC
McConnelsville, OH · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Ohio Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection Laboratory
Reynoldsburg, OH · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria
Benchmark Environmental Labs, Inc.
Columbus, OH · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria
Sources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, results from Jan. 2, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2025, read Oct. 17, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Certified labs: Ohio EPA, laboratories certified/accepted to perform analyses on public drinking water, read Oct. 10, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID OH6400212. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and Ohio’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportJunction City must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded