Is Bellevue City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-04-01 → 2018-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfba	0.0076 µg/L	1/4	2025

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	4337.5 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 5400 µg/L	158/194	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	4325 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 5400 µg/L	79/97	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	20.77 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.9 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	85.13 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 93.5 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.505 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.3 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	112.295 µg/L 140% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 121 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	35.25 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 40.6 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	6.825 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.8 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	23.62 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.9 µg/L	59/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.13 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.4 µg/L	55/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.035 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	34/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2025
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.5 µg/L	15/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	929.5 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 940 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	553.6 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 657 µg/L	5/41	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	41.58 µg/L 277% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 43.7 µg/L	3/41	SYR4	2014–2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	3/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	11 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019

68 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, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDiquatEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)TrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BRUGNONE, WILLIAM
Phone: 419-483-4560
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bellevue City

Is Bellevue City tap water safe to drink?

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

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

How many people does Bellevue City serve?

Bellevue City reports serving 8,236 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Bellevue City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 51 violations on file for Bellevue City, of which 23 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.