Is Pheasant Run, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Pheasant Run has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Lagrange Village PWS.
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 Pheasant Run’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Rural Lorain Co. Water A
Ohio · serves 73,125 people · about 160 in Pheasant Run
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
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Lagrange Village PWS
Ohio · serves 2,400 people · under 100 in Pheasant Run
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 53.2 ppb, above the legal limit.
4 health-based violations since 2016
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Pheasant Run Association PWS
Ohio · serves 1,550 people · under 100 in Pheasant Run
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Pheasant Run
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Pheasant Run, 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 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
CETEC Cleveland Environmental Technology, Inc.
Middleburg Heights, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cleveland Water Compliance Laboratory
Cleveland, OH · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Pheasant Run
Which ZIP codes are in Pheasant Run: 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 Pheasant Run
Other towns in Lorain County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Rural Lorain Co. Water A’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water