Is Lake Mohawk, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Lake Mohawk has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Malvern Village PWS.
Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.8 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
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 Lake Mohawk’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS
Ohio · serves 2,376 people · about 250 in Lake Mohawk
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Malvern Village PWS
Ohio · serves 1,200 people · about 190 in Lake Mohawk
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Green Acres Mobile Estates
Ohio · serves 51 people · under 100 in Lake Mohawk
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Lake Mohawk
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Lake Mohawk, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Canton City Health Department
Canton, OH · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria
Canton Water Laboratory
Canton, OH · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Ream & Haager Laboratories, Inc.
Dover, OH · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Lake Mohawk
Which ZIP codes are in Lake Mohawk: 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 Lake Mohawk
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Aqua Ohio - Mohawk PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
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- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water