Is Vermilion, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Vermilion has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Vermilion City, 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 Vermilion’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Vermilion City
Ohio · serves 10,594 people · about 3,200 in Vermilion
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Margaretta District
Ohio · serves 5,131 people · about 600 in Vermilion
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Huron East District
Ohio · serves 1,713 people · about 110 in Vermilion
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie Co Vermilion District
Ohio · serves 930 people · under 100 in Vermilion
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Vermilion
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Vermilion, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Erie County Health Department Laboratory
Sandusky, OH · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory
Put-in-Bay, OH · about 29 miles
CETEC Cleveland Environmental Technology, Inc.
Middleburg Heights, OH · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Vermilion
Which ZIP codes are in Vermilion: 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 Vermilion
Other towns in Erie County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Vermilion City’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water