Is Cleveland Heights, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Cleveland Public Water System serves Cleveland Heights. In EPA’s and Ohio’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
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.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Cleveland Heights
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Cleveland Heights, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
BSA Environmental Services, Inc.
Beachwood, OH · about 4 miles
Eurofins Environment Testing North Central
Cleveland, OH · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
NEORSD Analytical Services
Cuyahoga Heights, OH · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Cleveland Heights: 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 Cleveland Heights
Other towns in Cuyahoga 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