Is Olmsted Falls, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Olmsted Falls has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Cleveland Public Water System, 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.
The water from Cleveland Public Water System is moderately hard on average, 117 mg/L (6.8 grains per gallon), ranging from 105 to 130 mg/L. How Ohio’s water compares.
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 Olmsted Falls’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Cleveland Public Water System
Ohio · serves 1.3 million people · about 6,100 in Olmsted Falls
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard on average, 117 mg/L (6.8 grains per gallon), ranging from 105 to 130 mg/L.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rural Lorain Co. Water A
Ohio · serves 73,125 people · about 690 in Olmsted Falls
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Olmsted Falls
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Olmsted Falls, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
CETEC Cleveland Environmental Technology, Inc.
Middleburg Heights, OH · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cleveland Water Compliance Laboratory
Cleveland, OH · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria
NEORSD Analytical Services
Cuyahoga Heights, OH · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Olmsted Falls
Which ZIP codes are in Olmsted Falls: 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 Olmsted Falls
Other towns in Cuyahoga County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cleveland Public Water System’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