Is Aqua Ohio - Marion Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Marion

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	2003-09-01 → 2003-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-09-01 → 2003-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-09-01 → 2003-09-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-09-01 → 2003-09-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2004-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2004-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2002-07-01 → 2002-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2002-07-01 → 2002-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2002-07-01 → 2002-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2002-07-01 → 2002-12-31

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
Nitrate	6245 µg/L 62% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 10800 µg/L	184/196	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	18.41 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.6 µg/L	124/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	70.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 119.5 µg/L	124/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.795 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.6 µg/L	122/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	27 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 37.3 µg/L	122/122	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	102.825 µg/L 129% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 146.6 µg/L	122/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	37.475 µg/L 62% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 57 µg/L	122/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	8.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.4 µg/L	122/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	66.6 µg/L 5.1% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 570 µg/L	115/240	SYR4	2013–2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	6020 µg/L 60% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 10800 µg/L	89/95	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.905 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	74/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	8.045 µg/L 54% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 26 µg/L	40/244	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	13.035 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.9 µg/L	38/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.8 µg/L	31/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0037 mg/L 25% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	25/25	LCR	2023
Atrazine	3.84 µg/L 128% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 3 µg/L worst single sample: 8.7 µg/L	19/39	SYR4	2012–2019
Simazine	0.3460 µg/L 8.6% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3900 µg/L	9/39	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1164.5 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1210 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	4.86 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	5/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	19.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/4	UCMR-5	2024
Cyanide	13.4 µg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 14 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	11 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.9480 pCi/L 19% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2015

76 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BALLENGER, SCOTT J
Phone: 740-383-0933
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Aqua Ohio - Marion

Is Aqua Ohio - Marion tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Aqua Ohio - Marion'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 Aqua Ohio - Marion's water?

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

How many people does Aqua Ohio - Marion serve?

Aqua Ohio - Marion reports serving 47,102 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Aqua Ohio - Marion had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 14 violations on file for Aqua Ohio - Marion, 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.