Is Belpre, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Belpre has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Belpre City PWS.
Belpre City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 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 Belpre’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Belpre City PWS
Ohio · serves 6,441 people · about 680 in Belpre
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Little Hocking Water Association, Inc.
Ohio · serves 9,892 people · about 230 in Belpre
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Belpre City PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Belpre
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Belpre, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Marietta Division
Marietta, OH · about 13 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS
SafeSource Water Analytics LLC
McConnelsville, OH · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Coshocton Environmental Testing, LLC
Coshocton, OH · about 67 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Belpre
Which ZIP codes are in Belpre: 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 Belpre
Other towns in Washington County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Belpre City PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water