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Is Bentleyville, OH tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Bentleyville, 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

1 of the 4 utilities serving Bentleyville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Paw Paw Lake.

Cleveland Public Water System, 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.

The water from Cleveland Public Water System is moderately hard on average, 117 mg/L (6.8 grains per gallon), ranging from 105 to 130 mg/L. How Ohio’s water compares.

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 Bentleyville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Bentleyville

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 Bentleyville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • BSA Environmental Services, Inc.

    Beachwood, OH · about 6 miles

    (216) 765-0582

  • Eurofins Environment Testing North Central

    Cleveland, OH · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (216) 663-0808

  • Biosolutions, LLC

    Chagrin Falls, OH · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (440) 708-2999

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Bentleyville

Which ZIP codes are in Bentleyville: 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.

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