Is Trinway, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Trinway has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Muskingum County Water - Se.
Muskingum County Water - Se, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
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 Trinway’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Muskingum County Water - Se
Ohio · serves 21,540 people · about 170 in Trinway
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Dresden PWS
Ohio · serves 2,000 people · about 170 in Trinway
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 Muskingum County Water - Se’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Trinway
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Trinway, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Coshocton Environmental Testing, LLC
Coshocton, OH · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Edenridge Laboratory, Ltd.
Millersburg, OH · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
SafeSource Water Analytics LLC
McConnelsville, OH · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
ZIP codes in Trinway
Which ZIP codes are in Trinway: 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 Trinway
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Muskingum County Water - Se’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water