Is Huron, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 6 utilities serving Huron has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Huron 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 Huron’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Huron City
Ohio · serves 6,893 people · about 920 in Huron
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Margaretta District
Ohio · serves 5,131 people · about 650 in Huron
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Huron East District
Ohio · serves 1,713 people · under 100 in Huron
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Perkins District
Ohio · serves 17,241 people · based in Huron
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Huron South District
Ohio · serves 1,086 people · based in Huron
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Vermilion W District
Ohio · serves 54 people · based in Huron
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Huron
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Huron, 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 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory
Put-in-Bay, OH · about 23 miles
Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.
Medina, OH · about 37 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Huron
Which ZIP codes are in Huron: 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 Huron
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Huron 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