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Is Roachester, OH tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Roachester, 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.

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The short answer

1 of the 3 utilities serving Roachester has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Morrow Village PWS.

Western Water Company, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 14.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Roachester’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Western Water Company’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Roachester

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 Roachester, 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 15 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals, asbestos

    (513) 733-5336

  • Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory

    Beavercreek, OH · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (937) 562-7450

  • Q Laboratories

    Cincinnati, OH · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (513) 471-1300

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Roachester

Which ZIP codes are in Roachester: 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.

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