Is Ashland City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Ashland

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-10-01 → 2010-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-10-01 → 2008-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-10-01 → 2008-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-10-01 → 2008-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-10-01 → 2008-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2026-01-07
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	25.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.3 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	25.35 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.3 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	30.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34.7 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	79.875 µg/L 100% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 97.1 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	17.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.5 µg/L	115/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	5.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.8 µg/L	115/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.49 µg/L	108/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	14.56 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 18 µg/L	107/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	6.084 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.33 µg/L	29/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2025
Nitrate	246 µg/L 2.5% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	14/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.9305 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.2 µg/L	12/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	20 µg/L 133% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 26 µg/L	11/95	SYR4	2012–2018
Copper	110 µg/L 8.5% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	10/95	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.292 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.48 µg/L	5/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	177 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 180 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2012–2016
Fluoride	864.75 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 872 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Lithium	12.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2023
Barium	29 µg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Chromium	1 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Selenium	3 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2014–2017

61 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: HUNTER, MICHAEL
Phone: 419-281-7041
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Ashland City

Is Ashland City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Ashland City's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Ashland City's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Bromoform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Ashland City serve?

Ashland City reports serving 20,648 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Ashland City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 16 violations on file for Ashland City, of which 8 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.