Is Cleveland Public Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
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

189

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2009-07-01 → 2009-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2009-07-01 → 2009-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2009-07-01 → 2009-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2009-07-01 → 2009-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-07-01 → 2017-07-31

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
Chloroform	29 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 49.8 µg/L	990/990	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	13.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.2 µg/L	988/989	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	47.84 µg/L 60% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 75.2 µg/L	967/967	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.3 µg/L	959/990	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	36.4 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 55.3 µg/L	931/931	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	13.855 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23.9 µg/L	930/931	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	21.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.7 µg/L	916/931	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.67 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.3 µg/L	847/931	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	8.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.9 µg/L	746/931	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	900 µg/L 9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1340 µg/L	694/768	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1190.5 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1380 µg/L	380/380	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	257/990	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	990 µg/L 9.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1340 µg/L	132/148	SYR4	2012–2015
Copper	224 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 276.2 µg/L	41/298	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	28.125 µg/L 188% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 45.7 µg/L	20/298	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	10/10	LCR	2024
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.365 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.5 µg/L	10/931	SYR4	2012–2019

66 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: RODGERS, MARGARET
Phone: 216-664-2444
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Cleveland Public Water

Is Cleveland Public Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Cleveland Public Water'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 Cleveland Public Water's water?

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

How many people does Cleveland Public Water serve?

Cleveland Public Water reports serving 1,308,955 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Cleveland Public Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 189 violations on file for Cleveland Public Water, of which 4 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.