Is Fremont, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Fremont has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Shorewood Village Subdivision.
Fremont 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 Fremont’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Fremont City
Ohio · serves 18,319 people · about 1,100 in Fremont
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Shorewood Village Subdivision
Ohio · serves 359 people · under 100 in Fremont
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.6 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Fremont
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Fremont, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Erie County Health Department Laboratory
Sandusky, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory
Put-in-Bay, OH · about 24 miles
ZIP codes in Fremont
Which ZIP codes are in Fremont: 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 Fremont
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Fremont 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