Is Mansfield, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 15 utilities serving Mansfield has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Mansfield City.
Mansfield City, 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 Mansfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Mansfield City
Ohio · serves 51,000 people · about 20,500 in Mansfield
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
7 health-based violations since 2016
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Ontario City
Ohio · serves 6,756 people · about 1,900 in Mansfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Aqua Ohio - Mansfield System #01
Ohio · serves 813 people · about 430 in Mansfield
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Eastview Community Water Association
Ohio · serves 1,100 people · about 220 in Mansfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Madison Water District
Ohio · serves 2,050 people · about 210 in Mansfield
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lexington Village
Ohio · serves 4,825 people · about 210 in Mansfield
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Aqua Ohio - Mansfield System #07
Ohio · serves 766 people · about 200 in Mansfield
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Peyton Community Well
Ohio · serves 149 people · nearly all in Mansfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Aqua Ohio - Mansfield System #06
Ohio · serves 412 people · about 110 in Mansfield
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Expressview Comm Water Association
Ohio · serves 300 people · under 100 in Mansfield
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
5 more utilities in Mansfield
By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Mansfield than those above.
- Heatherwood Community Water Assoc PWSserves 177 people · under 100 in Mansfield · no health-based violations since 2016
- Southern Estates Water Assoc PWSserves 150 people · under 100 in Mansfield · no health-based violations since 2016
- Lakeview Estates MHPserves 229 people · under 100 in Mansfield · no health-based violations since 2016
- Shelly Acres Water Associationserves 454 people · under 100 in Mansfield · no health-based violations since 2016
- Arbors at Mifflinserves 172 people · under 100 in Mansfield · no health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Mansfield
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Mansfield, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins DW and WW Central - Marion
Marion, OH · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.
Medina, OH · about 34 miles
Certified for bacteria
Edenridge Laboratory, Ltd.
Millersburg, OH · about 38 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Mansfield: 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 Mansfield
Other towns in Richland County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Mansfield City’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