Is Crestline, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Crestline has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Galion City.
Crestline Village PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 24 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 Crestline’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Crestline Village PWS
Ohio · serves 4,525 people · about 260 in Crestline
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 24 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Galion City
Ohio · serves 10,453 people · under 100 in Crestline
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 80.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
5 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 Crestline Village PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Crestline
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Crestline, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins DW and WW Central - Marion
Marion, OH · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.
Medina, OH · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Crestline: 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 Crestline
Other towns in Richland County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Crestline Village PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water