Is Rossford, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Rossford has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area.
Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 48.7 ppb, above the 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 Rossford’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area
Ohio · serves 19,332 people · about 990 in Rossford
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 48.7 ppb, above the legal limit.
3 health-based violations since 2016
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Perrysburg City PWS
Ohio · serves 27,000 people · about 930 in Rossford
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Northwestern W and SD - Middleton Twp
Ohio · serves 3,615 people · under 100 in Rossford
Nothing in its records is above a 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 Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana Clean Water Machine (AQ-CWM2)
Countertop
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Brita Hub Countertop Water Filter System (87340)
Countertop
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Ninja HydraSense Countertop Water Filtration System (WF1001)
Countertop
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Water testing near Rossford
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Rossford, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Jones & Henry Laboratories
Northwood, OH · about 6 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Kleinfelder Water Technologies Laboratory
McClure, OH · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Rossford: 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 Rossford
Other towns in Wood County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Northwestern W and SD - Toledo Svc Area’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water