Is Lakewood City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Cuyahoga

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
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-09-28
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-09-28
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-14
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-14
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-08-23
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-08-23

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	12.49 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	255/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	29.79 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 82.6 µg/L	255/258	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	48.99 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 72.1 µg/L	254/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	9.0275 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.6 µg/L	250/258	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	31.07 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 48.4 µg/L	247/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	11.54 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28.7 µg/L	247/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	11.95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.4 µg/L	246/258	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	11.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 41.5 µg/L	105/259	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	106.1 µg/L 8.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 138 µg/L	80/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	8.372 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.53 µg/L	65/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	12.355 µg/L 82% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 55.1 µg/L	51/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	29.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.8 µg/L	31/259	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0017 mg/L 11% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	26/26	LCR	2025
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.2575 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.54 µg/L	16/259	SYR4	2012–2019

30 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: VOZAR, SANDRA
Phone: 216-529-6803
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Lakewood City

Is Lakewood City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Lakewood 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 Lakewood City's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), TTHM, Trichloroacetic Acid, Chloroform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Lakewood City serve?

Lakewood City reports serving 50,942 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Lakewood City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 39 violations on file for Lakewood City, of which 0 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.