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Is Oberlin, OH tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Oberlin, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Ohio’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Oberlin has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Oberlin Water Department.

Rural Lorain Co. Water A, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a 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 Oberlin’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Oberlin

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Ohio certifies.

The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Oberlin, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Eastern Lab Services, Ltd.

    Medina, OH · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (330) 670-7920

  • CETEC Cleveland Environmental Technology, Inc.

    Middleburg Heights, OH · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (216) 856-2898

  • Erie County Health Department Laboratory

    Sandusky, OH · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (419) 626-5623

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Oberlin

Which ZIP codes are in Oberlin: 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 Oberlin

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