Is Fostoria, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Fostoria have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Evergreen Poplar Village MHP PWS and Fostoria Mobile Estates.
Fostoria City, 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 Fostoria’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Fostoria City
Ohio · serves 13,441 people · about 850 in Fostoria
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Evergreen Poplar Village MHP PWS
Ohio · serves 128 people · under 100 in Fostoria
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.9 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Fostoria Mobile Estates
Ohio · serves 281 people · under 100 in Fostoria
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Fostoria
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Fostoria, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · under a mile
Certified for bacteria
Kleinfelder Water Technologies Laboratory
McClure, OH · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria
Jones & Henry Laboratories
Northwood, OH · about 30 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Fostoria
Which ZIP codes are in Fostoria: 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 Fostoria
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Fostoria City’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