Is Berea, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Berea has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Berea City PWS.
Berea City PWS, 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 Berea’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Berea City PWS
Ohio · serves 18,789 people · about 16,500 in Berea
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Cleveland Public Water System
Ohio · serves 1.3 million people · about 720 in Berea
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard on average, 117 mg/L (6.8 grains per gallon), ranging from 105 to 130 mg/L.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Berea
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Berea, 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 4 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cleveland Water Compliance Laboratory
Cleveland, OH · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
NEORSD Analytical Services
Cuyahoga Heights, OH · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Berea
Which ZIP codes are in Berea: 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 Berea
Other towns in Cuyahoga County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Berea City PWS’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