Is Jackson, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Jackson have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: City of Jackson and Wellston City PWS.
City of Jackson, 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 Jackson’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Jackson
Ohio · serves 9,691 people · about 390 in Jackson
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Wellston City PWS
Ohio · serves 5,846 people · under 100 in Jackson
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 25 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Jackson Co. Water Company - WTP
Ohio · serves 15,984 people · based in Jackson
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.2 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, typically 298 mg/L (17.4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Jackson
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Jackson, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Ohio Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection Laboratory
Reynoldsburg, OH · about 65 miles
Certified for bacteria
SafeSource Water Analytics LLC
McConnelsville, OH · about 65 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Superior Laboratories
Galloway, OH · about 70 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Jackson
Which ZIP codes are in Jackson: 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 Jackson
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Jackson’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