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Is West Jefferson, OH tap water safe?

5 utilities serve West Jefferson, 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

3 of the 5 utilities serving West Jefferson have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Columbus Public Water System, West Jefferson Village PWS and Mid - Ohio WSD - Chrisman Avenue WTP.

Columbus Public Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 5.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Columbus Public Water System is moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 98 to 125 mg/L (5.7 to 7.3 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 West Jefferson’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Columbus Public Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near West Jefferson

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 West Jefferson, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Superior Laboratories

    Galloway, OH · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (614) 870-6826

  • MASI Laboratory

    Plain City, OH · about 12 miles

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

    (614) 873-4654

  • Benchmark Environmental Labs, Inc.

    Columbus, OH · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (614) 267-4588

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

ZIP codes in West Jefferson

Which ZIP codes are in West Jefferson: 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.

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