Is Grand Rapids, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Grand Rapids has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Grand Rapids Village, 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 Grand Rapids’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Grand Rapids Village
Ohio · serves 1,500 people · under 100 in Grand Rapids
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Whispering Winds Mhc
Ohio · serves 100 people · under 100 in Grand Rapids
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 91.2 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Grand Rapids
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Grand Rapids, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Kleinfelder Water Technologies Laboratory
McClure, OH · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Jones & Henry Laboratories
Northwood, OH · about 23 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Grand Rapids
Which ZIP codes are in Grand Rapids: 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 Grand Rapids
Other towns in Wood County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Grand Rapids Village’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