Is Lorain City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2011-04-01 → 2011-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-03-01 → 2005-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2005-03-01 → 2005-03-31

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
Bromodichloromethane	15.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.9 µg/L	258/258	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	44.53 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 58 µg/L	258/258	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.915 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.1 µg/L	258/258	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	16.05 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.3 µg/L	256/256	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	62.45 µg/L 78% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 69.3 µg/L	256/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	34.875 µg/L 58% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 58.8 µg/L	256/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	18.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34.5 µg/L	256/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1050 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1500 µg/L	162/192	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1050 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1500 µg/L	81/96	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	150 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 200 µg/L	77/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.7500 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.9000 µg/L	51/258	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	41/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	28/28	LCR	2025
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.62 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	12/256	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	34.65 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 42 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1132 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1160 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	9.12 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9.3 µg/L	7/122	SYR4	2012–2019

65 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 TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BROWN, AVERY
Phone: 440-204-2280
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Lorain City

Is Lorain City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Lorain 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 Lorain City's water?

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

How many people does Lorain City serve?

Lorain City reports serving 64,152 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Lorain City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 81 violations on file for Lorain City, of which 35 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.