Is Kent City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-02
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-07-01 → 1998-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-07-01 → 1998-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-07-01 → 1998-12-31

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
Bromodichloromethane	20.715 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.6 µg/L	118/118	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	118/118	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	41.96 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 52.9 µg/L	118/118	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	14.415 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.6 µg/L	118/118	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	77.715 µg/L 97% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 99.2 µg/L	118/118	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.23 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	115/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	7.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.4 µg/L	111/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	14.21 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 16.1 µg/L	110/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8 µg/L	101/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	18/18	LCR	2023
Copper	41 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 101 µg/L	17/62	SYR4	2014–2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	4.385 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.4 µg/L	4/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	980.7 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 983 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	8.595 µg/L 57% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 8.6 µg/L	2/62	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	1.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/116	SYR4	2012–2019

67 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, TotalArsenicAtrazineBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ELLISON, JOHN
Phone: 330-676-7221
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Kent City

Is Kent City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Kent 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 Kent City's water?

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

How many people does Kent City serve?

Kent City reports serving 29,662 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Kent City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 29 violations on file for Kent City, of which 0 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.