Is Elmwood Place, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Cincinnati Public Water System serves Elmwood Place. In EPA’s and Ohio’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: PFOS at 6.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
The water from Cincinnati Public Water System is hard, 126 to 140 mg/L (7.4 to 8.2 grains per gallon). 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.
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Cincinnati Public Water System’s water.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
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: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Elmwood Place
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Elmwood Place, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
ALS Environmental - Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH · about 7 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals, asbestos
Q Laboratories
Cincinnati, OH · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory
Beavercreek, OH · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Elmwood Place
Which ZIP codes are in Elmwood Place: 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 Elmwood Place
Other towns in Hamilton County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cincinnati Public Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
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- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water