Is Mogadore, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Mogadore 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.
Akron City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 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.
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 Mogadore’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Akron City PWS
Ohio · serves 280,000 people · about 250 in Mogadore
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
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Aqua Ohio - Beechcrest
Ohio · serves 1,496 people · under 100 in Mogadore
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Fox Run Estates PWS
Ohio · serves 495 people · under 100 in Mogadore
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.0 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 Akron City PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead, Arsenic
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: PFOA, 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: PFOA, Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Mogadore
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Mogadore, 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 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
EnviroScience
Stow, OH · about 11 miles
Portage County Water Resources
Ravenna, OH · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Mogadore
Which ZIP codes are in Mogadore: 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 Mogadore
Other towns in Portage County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Akron City PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water