Is Urbana City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

176

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2002-10-01 → 2002-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-07-01 → 1999-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1999-07-01 → 1999-07-31

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
6:2 Fts	0.0098 µg/L	1/4	2023

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
Copper	192.75 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 275 µg/L	96/130	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.531 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.03 µg/L	38/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	16.335 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 38.1 µg/L	38/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.2255 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.83 µg/L	38/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	2.5045 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 2.64 µg/L	38/107	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	24.32 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 48.2 µg/L	37/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	19.255 µg/L 128% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	34/130	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	2908.5 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2980 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.1 µg/L	24/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0055 mg/L 37% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	24/24	LCR	2025
Dichloroacetic Acid	5.54 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8 µg/L	23/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	2882.5 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2980 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.44 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	13/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	9.1 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 10 µg/L	13/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.16 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	7/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	153.7 µg/L 7.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 154 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Fluoride	258.5 µg/L 6.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 260 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Trichloroethylene	0.6090 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6200 µg/L	3/107	SYR4	2012–2019

77 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4-D4:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDiquatEndothallEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Vinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: QUINN, KERRY
Phone: 937-652-4335
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Urbana City

Is Urbana City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Urbana 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 Urbana City's water?

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

How many people does Urbana City serve?

Urbana City reports serving 11,428 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Urbana City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 176 violations on file for Urbana City, of which 44 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 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.