Is West Lafayette, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving West Lafayette has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Edgewood Terrace, 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 West Lafayette’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Edgewood Terrace
Ohio · serves 87 people · under 100 in West Lafayette
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Millers Acres Home Owner Association
Ohio · serves 100 people · under 100 in West Lafayette
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near West Lafayette
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to West Lafayette, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Coshocton Environmental Testing, LLC
Coshocton, OH · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Edenridge Laboratory, Ltd.
Millersburg, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Ream & Haager Laboratories, Inc.
Dover, OH · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
ZIP codes in West Lafayette
Which ZIP codes are in West Lafayette: 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 West Lafayette
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Edgewood Terrace’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