Is New Philadelphia, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving New Philadelphia has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Aqua Ohio - Midvale.
New Philadelphia City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.8 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 New Philadelphia’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
New Philadelphia City PWS
Ohio · serves 17,410 people · about 1,700 in New Philadelphia
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Tcmsd - Wainwright PWS
Ohio · serves 370 people · under 100 in New Philadelphia
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Aqua Ohio - Midvale
Ohio · serves 2,147 people · under 100 in New Philadelphia
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in New Philadelphia 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: Arsenic, Lead
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: Arsenic, Lead
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: Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near New Philadelphia
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to New Philadelphia, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Ream & Haager Laboratories, Inc.
Dover, OH · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Edenridge Laboratory, Ltd.
Millersburg, OH · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
Canton City Health Department
Canton, OH · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in New Philadelphia
Which ZIP codes are in New Philadelphia: 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 New Philadelphia
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read New Philadelphia City PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water