Skip to content
TapBuff
ZIP

Is Waterville, OH tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Waterville, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Ohio’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Waterville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: City of Toledo.

Waterville 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.

The water from Waterville City is moderately hard, 105 mg/L (6.1 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 Waterville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Waterville

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Ohio certifies.

The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Waterville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Kleinfelder Water Technologies Laboratory

    McClure, OH · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (419) 748-7438

  • Jones & Henry Laboratories

    Northwood, OH · about 17 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (419) 666-0411

  • BoJhun Environmental Services

    Fostoria, OH · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (419) 436-7066

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in Waterville

Which ZIP codes are in Waterville: 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 Waterville

Other towns in Lucas County with a page of their own.

What to do next