Is Lithopolis, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Lithopolis have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Lithopolis Village PWS and Columbus Public Water System.
Lithopolis Village PWS, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.1 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 Lithopolis’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Lithopolis Village PWS
Ohio · serves 1,573 people · about 1,000 in Lithopolis
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.1 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Columbus Public Water System
Ohio · serves 1.3 million people · about 880 in Lithopolis
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 5.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 98 to 125 mg/L (5.7 to 7.3 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Canal Winchester City PWS
Ohio · serves 9,286 people · about 250 in Lithopolis
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fairfield County Utilities PWS
Ohio · serves 19,113 people · under 100 in Lithopolis
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 20 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
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 Lithopolis Village PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Lithopolis
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Lithopolis, 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 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Benchmark Environmental Labs, Inc.
Columbus, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Superior Laboratories
Galloway, OH · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Lithopolis: 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 Lithopolis
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lithopolis Village PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water