Is Ravenna, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 6 utilities serving Ravenna have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Birchwood Manor Mhc New and Portage County Water Resources.
Ravenna City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.7 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 Ravenna’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Ravenna City PWS
Ohio · serves 16,000 people · about 940 in Ravenna
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Maple del Manor LLC
Ohio · serves 350 people · under 100 in Ravenna
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Birchwood Manor Mhc New
Ohio · serves 150 people · under 100 in Ravenna
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Ranch Club Estates Water Association
Ohio · serves 234 people · under 100 in Ravenna
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Orchard Estates I Mhc, LLC
Ohio · serves 316 people · under 100 in Ravenna
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Portage County Water Resources
Ohio · serves 8,606 people · based in Ravenna
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
3 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 Ravenna City PWS’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 Ravenna
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Ravenna, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Portage County Water Resources
Ravenna, OH · under a mile
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
EnviroScience
Stow, OH · about 12 miles
Biosolutions, LLC
Chagrin Falls, OH · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
ZIP codes in Ravenna
Which ZIP codes are in Ravenna: 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 Ravenna
Other towns in Portage County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Ravenna City PWS’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