Is Woodworth, OH tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Woodworth has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Ohio’s records.
Aqua Ohio - Struthers, 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 Woodworth’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Aqua Ohio - Struthers
Ohio · serves 58,551 people · about 2,100 in Woodworth
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Youngstown City PWS
Ohio · serves 130,530 people · about 230 in Woodworth
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 19.3 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Woodworth
The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to Woodworth, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cardinal Environmental Lab, LLC
Youngstown, OH · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Mahoning County Board of Health
Youngstown, OH · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria
Portage County Water Resources
Ravenna, OH · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Which ZIP codes are in Woodworth: 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 Woodworth
Other towns in Mahoning County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Aqua Ohio - Struthers’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