Is Springboro, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Springboro has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Montgomery County Water Services 1 PWS.
Springboro PWS, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 6.9 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 Springboro’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Springboro PWS
Ohio · serves 19,263 people · about 8,800 in Springboro
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 6.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Miamisburg City PWS
Ohio · serves 19,790 people · about 360 in Springboro
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Montgomery County Water Services 1 PWS
Ohio · serves 150,207 people · about 200 in Springboro
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 9.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Warren Co. Sharts Road PWS
Ohio · serves 145 people · under 100 in Springboro
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.1 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 Springboro PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, PFOS, Lead
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, PFOS, Lead
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, PFOS, Lead
Water testing near Springboro
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Springboro, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory
Beavercreek, OH · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Dayton Central Water Quality Laboratory
Dayton, OH · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dayton
Englewood, OH · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Springboro: 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 Springboro
Other towns in Warren County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Springboro PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOARanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water