Is Byesville Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water under surface influence
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Guernsey

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.

378

health-based violations

530

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-12-01 → 2024-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-12-01 → 2024-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-12-01 → 2024-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-12-01 → 2024-12-31
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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-02-01

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	1322.5 µg/L 102% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1480 µg/L	76/80	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	53.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 75.2 µg/L	63/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	97.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 120 µg/L	63/63	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	221.2 µg/L 276% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 278 µg/L	63/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	35.685 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 54.3 µg/L	62/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	66.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 111 µg/L	61/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	55.725 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 63.1 µg/L	56/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	75.55 µg/L 126% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 105 µg/L	55/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	26.54 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 45.5 µg/L	50/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	988 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1790 µg/L	49/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	7.785 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.3 µg/L	30/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.4955 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.16 µg/L	24/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00086 mg/L 5.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2026
Monochloroacetic Acid	17.825 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.5 µg/L	16/59	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	14.44 µg/L 96% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 18.4 µg/L	13/80	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	810 µg/L 8.1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	6/192	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	44.16 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 44.2 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	30.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/4	UCMR-5	2023
Nitrate-Nitrite	100 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/88	SYR4	2012–2019

64 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 TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneGross Beta Particle ActivityHfpo-DaLassoMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DUDLEY, BRENNAN
Phone: 740-685-0800
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Byesville

Is Byesville tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Byesville'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 Byesville's water?

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

How many people does Byesville serve?

Byesville reports serving 5,104 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Byesville had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 530 violations on file for Byesville, of which 378 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 3 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.