Is Bowling Green, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Bowling Green has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Bowling Green City.
Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Bowling Green City
Ohio · serves 31,578 people · about 8,200 in Bowling Green
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Northwestern W and SD - Portage
Ohio · serves 4,776 people · under 100 in Bowling Green
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maurers Mobile Home Park
Ohio · serves 181 people · under 100 in Bowling Green
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bowling Green
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Bowling Green, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Kleinfelder Water Technologies Laboratory
McClure, OH · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Jones & Henry Laboratories
Northwood, OH · about 17 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Bowling Green: 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 Bowling Green
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Bowling Green 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