Is Salem City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Columbiana

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	2014-04-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-04-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-04-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-04-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-01-01 → 2014-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-01-01 → 2014-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-01-01 → 2014-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-01-01 → 2014-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1997-12-01 → 1997-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1997-12-01 → 1997-12-31

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
Nitrate	1600 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2700 µg/L	168/192	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	85.205 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 106 µg/L	132/132	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	15.538 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 19.1 µg/L	130/130	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.0585 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	104.76 µg/L 131% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 136 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	63.45 µg/L 106% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 72.85 µg/L	126/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	28.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 35.74 µg/L	126/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	32.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39.3 µg/L	125/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	390.8 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 736 µg/L	59/60	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	6.273 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.42 µg/L	56/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1875 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2700 µg/L	50/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0094 mg/L 63% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2025
Lead	29.48 µg/L 197% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 50 µg/L	13/59	SYR4	2014–2017
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.88235 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.16 µg/L	10/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1308.5 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1340 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	18.55 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Toluene	1.871 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 1.94 µg/L	2/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Antimony, Total	3.5 µg/L 58% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Simazine	0.0630 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L	1/12	SYR4	2012–2019

63 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-PF3ONSAdonaArsenicAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DONNALLEY, BUTCH
Phone: 330-337-8723
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Salem City

Is Salem City tap water safe to drink?

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

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

How many people does Salem City serve?

Salem City reports serving 16,850 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Salem City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 61 violations on file for Salem City, of which 20 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.