Is Canfield, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Canfield has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Canfield City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 12.4 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 Canfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Canfield City PWS
Ohio · serves 7,706 people · about 920 in Canfield
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 12.4 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Youngstown City PWS
Ohio · serves 130,530 people · about 670 in Canfield
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 19.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Aqua Ohio - Struthers
Ohio · serves 58,551 people · under 100 in Canfield
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Canfield City PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA
Water testing near Canfield
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Canfield, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Mahoning County Board of Health
Youngstown, OH · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cardinal Environmental Lab, LLC
Youngstown, OH · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Portage County Water Resources
Ravenna, OH · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Canfield
Which ZIP codes are in Canfield: 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 Canfield
Other towns in Mahoning County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Canfield City PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOSRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water