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Is Stow, OH tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Stow, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

2 of the 4 utilities serving Stow have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Stow Public Water System and Cuyahoga Falls City PWS.

Stow Public Water System, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Ohio’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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

Water testing near Stow

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 Stow, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • EnviroScience

    Stow, OH · under a mile

    (330) 688-0111

  • Alliance Technical Group, LLC-Akron

    Cuyahoga Falls, OH · about 5 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity

    (330) 253-8211

  • American Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

    Akron, OH · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (330) 535-1300

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Stow

Which ZIP codes are in Stow: 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 Stow

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