Is Bellevue, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Bellevue has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Bellevue City.
Bellevue City, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Ohio’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Bellevue’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Bellevue City
Ohio · serves 8,236 people · about 420 in Bellevue
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Erie Co Margaretta District
Ohio · serves 5,131 people · under 100 in Bellevue
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bellevue
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Bellevue, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Erie County Health Department Laboratory
Sandusky, OH · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory
Put-in-Bay, OH · about 27 miles
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Bellevue
Which ZIP codes are in Bellevue: 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 Bellevue
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Bellevue City’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- 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
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water