Is Medina Co/Southern Water Dist Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Medina

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
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2022-12-07
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2020-01-21

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	329.1 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 718 µg/L	63/85	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrite	1029 µg/L 103% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 1700 µg/L	27/45	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	10.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.7 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	34.62 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 50.6 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.5 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	550 µg/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/38	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	48.795 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 70.3 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.225 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	16/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	11.425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.8 µg/L	16/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	7.075 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.6 µg/L	16/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	20.765 µg/L 35% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 29.8 µg/L	14/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	10/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0010 mg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	9/9	LCR	2024
Nitrate-Nitrite	972 µg/L 9.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1140 µg/L	9/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	337.5 µg/L 8.4% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 340 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	43.725 µg/L 292% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 54.1 µg/L	6/85	SYR4	2012–2018
Lithium	41.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/4	UCMR-5	2023
Barium	27.87 µg/L 1.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 27.9 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	4.15 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 4.2 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Cyanide	6 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/18	SYR4	2012–2019

61 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, TotalAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BRANDON, DAVID R
Phone: 330-764-8345
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Medina Co/Southern Water Dist

Is Medina Co/Southern Water Dist tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Medina Co/Southern Water Dist'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 Medina Co/Southern Water Dist's water?

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

How many people does Medina Co/Southern Water Dist serve?

Medina Co/Southern Water Dist reports serving 4,708 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Medina Co/Southern Water Dist had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 2 violations on file for Medina Co/Southern Water Dist, of which 0 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.