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Is Grafton, OH tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Grafton, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Ohio’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Grafton has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.

Rural Lorain Co. Water A, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

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 Grafton’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Grafton

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Ohio certifies.

The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Grafton, 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 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (216) 856-2898

  • Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.

    Medina, OH · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (330) 670-7920

  • Cleveland Water Compliance Laboratory

    Cleveland, OH · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (216) 664-3171

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Grafton

Which ZIP codes are in Grafton: 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 Grafton

Other towns in Lorain County with a page of their own.

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