Is Commercial Point, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Commercial Point has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Columbus Public Water System.
Commercial Point Village, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 17.6 ppm, above the health goal. 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 Commercial Point’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Commercial Point Village
Ohio · serves 3,497 people · about 1,300 in Commercial Point
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 17.6 ppm, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Columbus Public Water System
Ohio · serves 1.3 million people · about 110 in Commercial Point
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 5.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 98 to 125 mg/L (5.7 to 7.3 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Commercial Point Village’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Nitrate, Lead, Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Nitrate, Lead, Arsenic
Culligan 10-Cup Pitcher with ZeroWater Technology (ZEROP10)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Nitrate, Lead
Water testing near Commercial Point
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Commercial Point, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Superior Laboratories
Galloway, OH · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria
Benchmark Environmental Labs, Inc.
Columbus, OH · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Ohio Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection Laboratory
Reynoldsburg, OH · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Commercial Point: 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 Commercial Point
Other towns in Pickaway County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Commercial Point Village’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for NitrateRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water