Is Botkins, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Botkins has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Botkins Village 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 Botkins’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Botkins Village PWS
Ohio · serves 1,250 people · under 100 in Botkins
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Kettlersville Well Association PWS
Ohio · serves 200 people · based in Botkins
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Botkins
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Botkins, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins DW and WW Central - Lima
Lima, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Logan County Health District Laboratory
Bellefontaine, OH · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dayton
Englewood, OH · about 37 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Botkins: 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 Botkins
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Botkins Village 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