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Is Hillsboro, OH tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Hillsboro, 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 Hillsboro has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.

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

Water testing near Hillsboro

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 Hillsboro, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • ALS Environmental - Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, OH · about 42 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals, asbestos

    (513) 733-5336

  • Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory

    Beavercreek, OH · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (937) 562-7450

  • Q Laboratories

    Cincinnati, OH · about 52 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (513) 471-1300

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Hillsboro

Which ZIP codes are in Hillsboro: 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 Hillsboro

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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