Is Waterford, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Waterford has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Waterford Water/Sewer Association.
Waterford Water/Sewer Association, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
The water from Waterford Water/Sewer Association is moderately hard, 86 mg/L (5 grains per gallon). How Ohio’s water compares.
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 Waterford’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Waterford Water/Sewer Association
Ohio · serves 770 people · under 100 in Waterford
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: moderately hard, 86 mg/L (5 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Beverly Village PWS
Ohio · serves 1,900 people · under 100 in Waterford
2 results 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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Tri - County Rural W and S District
Ohio · serves 3,000 people · based in Waterford
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate at 10.7 ppm, above the 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 Waterford Water/Sewer Association’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 Waterford
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Waterford, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Marietta Division
Marietta, OH · about 13 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS
SafeSource Water Analytics LLC
McConnelsville, OH · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Coshocton Environmental Testing, LLC
Coshocton, OH · about 54 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in Waterford
Which ZIP codes are in Waterford: 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 Waterford
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Waterford Water/Sewer Association’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