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Is Kirkersville, OH tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Kirkersville, 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

None of the 3 utilities serving Kirkersville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.

Licking Regional Water District, 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.

The water from Licking Regional Water District is very hard, typically 359 mg/L (21 grains per gallon). How Ohio’s water compares.

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

Water testing near Kirkersville

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 Kirkersville, 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 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (614) 728-6230

  • Benchmark Environmental Labs, Inc.

    Columbus, OH · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (614) 267-4588

  • Superior Laboratories

    Galloway, OH · about 35 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (614) 870-6826

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Kirkersville

Which ZIP codes are in Kirkersville: 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 Kirkersville

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

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