Is Sidney, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Sidney has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Sidney City PWS.
Sidney City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 76.1 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 Sidney’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Sidney City PWS
Ohio · serves 20,614 people · about 1,600 in Sidney
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 76.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Shelby County Water and Sewer PWS
Ohio · serves 375 people · under 100 in Sidney
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Ohio Living Dorothy Love PWS
Ohio · serves 471 people · under 100 in Sidney
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 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 Sidney City PWS’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), Lead
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), Lead
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), Lead
Water testing near Sidney
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Sidney, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Logan County Health District Laboratory
Bellefontaine, OH · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dayton
Englewood, OH · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Dayton Central Water Quality Laboratory
Dayton, OH · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Sidney
Which ZIP codes are in Sidney: 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 Sidney
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Sidney City PWS’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