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Is Chippewa Lake, OH tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Chippewa Lake, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Chippewa Lake has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.

Medina Co/Southern Water Dist PWS, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 41.2 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Chippewa Lake’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 Medina Co/Southern Water Dist PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Chippewa Lake

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

  • Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.

    Medina, OH · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (330) 670-7920

  • Eurofins Cleveland

    Barberton, OH · about 14 miles

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

    (330) 497-9396

  • American Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

    Akron, OH · about 20 miles

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

    (330) 535-1300

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Chippewa Lake

Which ZIP codes are in Chippewa Lake: 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.

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