Is Waite Hill, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Waite Hill has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Lake County West Water Subdistrict, 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 Waite Hill’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Lake County West Water Subdistrict
Ohio · serves 78,379 people · about 3,100 in Waite Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Aqua Ohio - Mentor
Ohio · serves 74,500 people · about 860 in Waite Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Waite Hill
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Waite Hill, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Geauga County Department of Water Resources
Chardon, OH · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
BSA Environmental Services, Inc.
Beachwood, OH · about 12 miles
Eurofins Environment Testing North Central
Cleveland, OH · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Waite Hill
Which ZIP codes are in Waite Hill: 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 Waite Hill
Other towns in Lake County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lake County West Water Subdistrict’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