Is Etna, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Etna has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Licking Regional Water District, 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.
The water from Licking Regional Water District is very hard, typically 359 mg/L (21 grains per gallon). How Ohio’s water compares.
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 Etna’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Licking Regional Water District
Ohio · serves 17,818 people · about 230 in Etna
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 359 mg/L (21 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Pataskala City
Ohio · serves 9,900 people · under 100 in Etna
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 26 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Etna
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Etna, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Ohio Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection Laboratory
Reynoldsburg, OH · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Benchmark Environmental Labs, Inc.
Columbus, OH · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Superior Laboratories
Galloway, OH · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Etna: 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 Etna
Other towns in Licking County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Licking Regional Water District’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