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McCartyville Well Association PWS

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
184 people
Connections
85
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Anna, OH
County
Shelby
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

45302

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2010 to 2025. Copper at 794 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.

Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate and chromium (total): Ohio’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 7, 2020 to Oct. 3, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

2.1ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 2.1 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.46ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025 average: 0.17 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.46 ppb, in 2023: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 1.3 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 0.17 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.38 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

40.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025, one sample: 2.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 40.9 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.8 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 36 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.5ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.5 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 1.7 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.3 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

12.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 12.3 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 14.2 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.28ppm

Highest sample; found in 6 of 12

2025: not found

The highest sample, in 2021, was 0.28 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.1 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 4 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate and chromium (total) results here are Ohio’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. McCartyville Well Association PWS’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. 7, 2020 to Oct. 3, 2025.

Testing your own tap

McCartyville Well Association PWS’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Ohio certifies.

The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to the area McCartyville Well Association PWS serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Eurofins DW and WW Central - Lima

    Lima, OH · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (419) 223-1362

  • Logan County Health District Laboratory

    Bellefontaine, OH · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (937) 592-9040

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dayton

    Englewood, OH · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (800) 723-5227

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

Sources

PWSID OH7500812. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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