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What is in the water at 43147
4 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.
PICKERINGTON CITY PWS
PWSID OH2301512 · OH · serves 19,141 people
PFAS and lithium
Sampled, nothing detected. Tested for 30 compounds under UCMR 5 with none found at or above its reporting limit. A reporting limit is the lowest concentration the method can measure, so this means “below that” rather than “zero”.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
Too few readings to state a hardness. 1 station(s), 2 result(s). Below two stations and five results this page will not state a number: a median of two readings from one creek is not your water.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY UTILITIES PWS
PWSID OH2301912 · OH · serves 15,486 people
PFAS and lithium
1 compound detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 2 samples.
| Compound | Highest detected | Samples | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| lithium | 20 µg/L | 2 | 9/29/2023 |
A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
Median hardness 294 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 3 stations serving this system across 12 results, 2017-11-29 to 2019-09-19. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.
COLUMBUS PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
PWSID OH2504412 · OH · serves 1,305,946 people
PFAS and lithium
6 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 13 samples.
| Compound | Highest detected | Samples | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxA | 0.018 µg/L | 3 | 5/21/2024 |
| PFBA | 0.017 µg/L | 4 | 5/21/2024 |
| PFPeA | 0.014 µg/L | 3 | 5/21/2024 |
| PFBS | 0.011 µg/L | 1 | 11/20/2024 |
| PFOA | 0.0053 µg/L | 1 | 11/20/2024 |
| PFHpA | 0.0043 µg/L | 1 | 11/20/2024 |
A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
Median hardness 240 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 23 stations serving this system across 136 results, 2015-02-12 to 2024-12-12. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.
LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT
PWSID OH4505412 · OH · serves 17,818 people
PFAS and lithium
Sampled, nothing detected. Tested for 30 compounds under UCMR 5 with none found at or above its reporting limit. A reporting limit is the lowest concentration the method can measure, so this means “below that” rather than “zero”.
Health-based violations
No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.
Hardness
No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.
What this report cannot tell you
Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.
Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01.