Is Avon, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Avon has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Rural Lorain Co. Water A, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Avon’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Rural Lorain Co. Water A
Ohio · serves 73,125 people · about 10,200 in Avon
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Avon City PWS
Ohio · serves 24,060 people · about 4,000 in Avon
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Avon
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Avon, 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 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cleveland Water Compliance Laboratory
Cleveland, OH · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
NEORSD Analytical Services
Cuyahoga Heights, OH · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Avon
Which ZIP codes are in Avon: 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 Avon
Other towns in Lorain County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Rural Lorain Co. Water A’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water