Is Elyria, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Elyria has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Elyria Water Department, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Ohio’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Elyria’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Elyria Water Department
Ohio · serves 68,000 people · about 21,700 in Elyria
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Rural Lorain Co. Water A
Ohio · serves 73,125 people · about 4,500 in Elyria
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Sheffield Village PWS
Ohio · serves 4,165 people · about 130 in Elyria
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Elyria
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Elyria, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
CETEC Cleveland Environmental Technology, Inc.
Middleburg Heights, OH · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cleveland Water Compliance Laboratory
Cleveland, OH · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.
Medina, OH · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Elyria
Which ZIP codes are in Elyria: 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 Elyria
Other towns in Lorain County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Elyria Water Department’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