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Is Amherst, OH tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Amherst, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Ohio’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Amherst has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.

Amherst City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.5 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Amherst’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Amherst City PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Amherst

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Ohio certifies.

The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Amherst, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • CETEC Cleveland Environmental Technology, Inc.

    Middleburg Heights, OH · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (216) 856-2898

  • Erie County Health Department Laboratory

    Sandusky, OH · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (419) 626-5623

  • Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.

    Medina, OH · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (330) 670-7920

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Amherst

Which ZIP codes are in Amherst: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Ohio EPA, laboratories certified/accepted to perform analyses on public drinking water; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Amherst

Other towns in Lorain County with a page of their own.

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