Is Whitehouse, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Whitehouse have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Whitehouse Village and City of Toledo.
Whitehouse Village, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 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 Whitehouse’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Whitehouse Village
Ohio · serves 5,200 people · about 920 in Whitehouse
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
4 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Toledo
Ohio · serves 360,000 people · about 220 in Whitehouse
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Whitehouse Village’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Whitehouse
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Whitehouse, 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
Jones & Henry Laboratories
Northwood, OH · about 19 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
BoJhun Environmental Services
Fostoria, OH · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Whitehouse
Which ZIP codes are in Whitehouse: 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 Whitehouse
Other towns in Lucas County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Whitehouse Village’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water