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Is Caldwell, OH tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Caldwell, 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.

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The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving Caldwell have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Pure Water Corporation and Pure Water System 2 PWS.

Caldwell Village PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 13 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Caldwell Village PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Caldwell

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

  • SafeSource Water Analytics LLC

    McConnelsville, OH · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (740) 292-2002

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Marietta Division

    Marietta, OH · about 21 miles

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

    (740) 373-4071

  • Coshocton Environmental Testing, LLC

    Coshocton, OH · about 43 miles

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

    (740) 622-3328

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Caldwell

Which ZIP codes are in Caldwell: 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 Caldwell

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