Is Mount Vernon, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Mount Vernon has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Mount Vernon City 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 Mount Vernon’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Mount Vernon City PWS
Ohio · serves 16,990 people · about 1,200 in Mount Vernon
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Grandview MHP A PWS
Ohio · serves 74 people · under 100 in Mount Vernon
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 62.5 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Grandview MHP B
Ohio · serves 47 people · based in Mount Vernon
2 results above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 147 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Mount Vernon
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Mount Vernon, 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 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
Coshocton Environmental Testing, LLC
Coshocton, OH · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Edenridge Laboratory, Ltd.
Millersburg, OH · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Mount Vernon
Which ZIP codes are in Mount Vernon: 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 Mount Vernon
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Mount Vernon City 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