Is Warren, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Warren has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Warren City PWS, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.2 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 Warren’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Warren City PWS
Ohio · serves 49,130 people · about 17,500 in Warren
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 3.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Trumbull Co. - Bazetta/Champion
Ohio · serves 8,270 people · about 2,600 in Warren
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Trumbull Co. - Southeast PWS
Ohio · serves 9,931 people · about 280 in Warren
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 9.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Trumbull Co. - Mosquito Creek PWS
Ohio · serves 1,708 people · about 270 in Warren
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 Warren City PWS’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic, Lead
Water testing near Warren
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Warren, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Mahoning County Board of Health
Youngstown, OH · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cardinal Environmental Lab, LLC
Youngstown, OH · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Portage County Water Resources
Ravenna, OH · about 22 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Warren: 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 Warren
Other towns in Trumbull County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Warren City PWS’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water