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What is in the water at 43209

3 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.

DEL-CO WATER COMPANY, INC.

PWSID OH2101412 · OH · serves 150,000 people

PFAS and lithium

6 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 19 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium13 µg/L27/11/2023
PFBA0.011 µg/L47/11/2023
PFHxA0.0087 µg/L47/11/2023
PFPeA0.0063 µg/L47/11/2023
PFBS0.0043 µg/L47/11/2023
PFOA0.0042 µg/L17/11/2023

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 271 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 59 stations serving this system across 596 results, 2015-04-16 to 2024-12-12. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.

BEXLEY CITY PWS

PWSID OH2500103 · OH · serves 14,250 people · service area inferred by a model, not supplied by the state

PFAS and lithium

5 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 15 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFHxA0.012 µg/L38/25/2023
PFBA0.012 µg/L58/25/2023
PFPeA0.011 µg/L38/25/2023
PFBS0.0083 µg/L28/25/2023
PFOA0.0056 µg/L28/25/2023

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

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.

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.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFHxA0.018 µg/L35/21/2024
PFBA0.017 µg/L45/21/2024
PFPeA0.014 µg/L35/21/2024
PFBS0.011 µg/L111/20/2024
PFOA0.0053 µg/L111/20/2024
PFHpA0.0043 µg/L111/20/2024

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.

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 · 1 of 3 service areas here are modelled.