Is Chesterland, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 6 utilities serving Chesterland has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Beaver Creek Estates.
Cleveland Public Water System, 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.
The water from Cleveland Public Water System is moderately hard on average, 117 mg/L (6.8 grains per gallon), ranging from 105 to 130 mg/L. How Ohio’s water compares.
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 Chesterland’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Cleveland Public Water System
Ohio · serves 1.3 million people · about 620 in Chesterland
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
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Aqua Ohio - Mentor
Ohio · serves 74,500 people · about 440 in Chesterland
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Manchester Farms Water
Ohio · serves 82 people · nearly all in Chesterland
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Beaver Creek Estates
Ohio · serves 39 people · nearly all in Chesterland
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Maywood Community Inc.
Ohio · serves 150 people · under 100 in Chesterland
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Deer Lake Mobile Park
Ohio · serves 40 people · based in Chesterland
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Chesterland
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Chesterland, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Geauga County Department of Water Resources
Chardon, OH · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Biosolutions, LLC
Chagrin Falls, OH · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
BSA Environmental Services, Inc.
Beachwood, OH · about 11 miles
ZIP codes in Chesterland
Which ZIP codes are in Chesterland: 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 Chesterland
Other towns in Geauga County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cleveland Public Water System’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