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Whispering Winds Mhc

What EPA’s and Ohio’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
100 people
Connections
60
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Grand Rapids, OH
County
Lucas
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

43522

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2011 to 2023.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, arsenic, chromium (total) and nitrate: Ohio’s own results, samples taken from June 1, 2020 to Aug. 21, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

91.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 91.2 ppb, in 2022, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 126 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 50.5 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.4ppb

90th percentile, 2021 to 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.4 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

67.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025, one sample: 21.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 67.7 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 69.9 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 21.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 72.4 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

2.7ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024, one sample: 2.6 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.7 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.6 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.9 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Nitrate

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 3 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), fluoride, arsenic, chromium (total) and nitrate results here are Ohio’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Whispering Winds Mhc’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Ohio’s results run from June 1, 2020 to Aug. 21, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Whispering Winds Mhc’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Ohio certifies.

The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to the area Whispering Winds Mhc serves, 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 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (419) 748-7438

  • Jones & Henry Laboratories

    Northwood, OH · about 23 miles

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

    (419) 666-0411

  • BoJhun Environmental Services

    Fostoria, OH · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (419) 436-7066

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

Sources

PWSID OH4801012. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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