Is Peebles, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Peebles has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Adams County Regional Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead 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 Peebles’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Adams County Regional Water District
Ohio · serves 21,810 people · under 100 in Peebles
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Peebles Village
Ohio · serves 1,978 people · based in Peebles
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.8 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 Adams County Regional Water District’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Peebles
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Peebles, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
ALS Environmental - Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH · about 56 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals, asbestos
Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory
Beavercreek, OH · about 62 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Q Laboratories
Cincinnati, OH · about 64 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
ZIP codes in Peebles
Which ZIP codes are in Peebles: 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 Peebles
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Adams County Regional Water District’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water