Is Wilberforce, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Wilberforce has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records: Xenia City PWS.
Greene County Eastern Regional PWS, 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 Wilberforce’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Greene County Eastern Regional PWS
Ohio · serves 4,800 people · about 320 in Wilberforce
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Xenia City PWS
Ohio · serves 29,000 people · about 140 in Wilberforce
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 6.8 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Greene Co. - Northwest Reg Water
Ohio · serves 41,895 people · under 100 in Wilberforce
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.9 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Wilberforce
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Wilberforce, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory
Beavercreek, OH · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Dayton Central Water Quality Laboratory
Dayton, OH · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dayton
Englewood, OH · about 27 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Wilberforce: 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 Wilberforce
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Greene County Eastern Regional PWS’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