Is Lakemore, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Lakemore has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Akron City PWS.
Lakemore Village PWS, 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 Lakemore’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Lakemore Village PWS
Ohio · serves 3,068 people · about 1,400 in Lakemore
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Akron City PWS
Ohio · serves 280,000 people · about 820 in Lakemore
1 result above the legal limit, 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 52.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Aqua Ohio - Massillon PWS
Ohio · serves 95,636 people · under 100 in Lakemore
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: very hard, 363 mg/L (21.2 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Lakemore
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Lakemore, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
American Analytical Laboratories, Inc.
Akron, OH · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Cleveland
Barberton, OH · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
EnviroScience
Stow, OH · about 11 miles
Which ZIP codes are in Lakemore: 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 Lakemore
Other towns in Summit County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lakemore Village PWS’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