Is Port Clinton City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Ottawa

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	1996-01-01 → 1996-01-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1996-01-01 → 1996-01-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1996-01-01 → 1996-01-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1996-01-01 → 1996-01-31
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2020-01-28
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2006-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2006-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2002-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2002-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1988-08-01 → 1989-07-31

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	16.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.1 µg/L	66/66	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	68.375 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 116 µg/L	66/66	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	9.025 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.5 µg/L	66/66	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	23.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 45.9 µg/L	66/66	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	96.3 µg/L 120% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 134 µg/L	66/66	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	37.575 µg/L 63% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 72.2 µg/L	66/66	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	15.95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 19.5 µg/L	66/66	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	172.05 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 276 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.43 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	40/65	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	32/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	20/20	LCR	2024
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.2 µg/L	7/65	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	8.8 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9 µg/L	2/60	SYR4	2012–2018

31 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: SASS, JIM
Phone: 419-734-5522
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Port Clinton City

Is Port Clinton City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Port Clinton 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 Port Clinton 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 Port Clinton City serve?

Port Clinton City reports serving 6,500 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Port Clinton City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 15 violations on file for Port Clinton City, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 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.