Is Barberton City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

204

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-07-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-07-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-07-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-07-01 → 2014-09-30

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
Dichloroacetic Acid	34.685 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 44.2 µg/L	140/140	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	44.52 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 65.8 µg/L	140/140	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	82.17 µg/L 137% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 113.9 µg/L	139/140	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	25.44 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39.8 µg/L	134/134	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	85.31 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 101.1 µg/L	134/134	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.1 µg/L	133/133	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	112.765 µg/L 141% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 130.4 µg/L	132/132	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	180 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 410 µg/L	101/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1020 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1330 µg/L	100/188	SYR4	2012–2019
Chlorite	645.3 µg/L 65% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 865 µg/L	99/123	SYR4	2012–2015
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.69 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	62/138	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.865 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8 µg/L	50/138	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.06 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	35/134	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	885 µg/L 8.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1090 µg/L	31/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	25.5 µg/L 170% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 34 µg/L	26/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0056 mg/L 37% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	24/24	LCR	2025
Fluoride	1052.5 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1070 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	48.75 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 50 µg/L	6/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	3/140	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	0.1752 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1800 µg/L	2/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Mercury	0.2000 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	769 µg/L 77% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/25	SYR4	2012–2019

62 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, TotalArsenicAsbestosBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaLassoNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MILLER, DANIEL
Phone: 330-848-6744
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Barberton City

Is Barberton City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Barberton 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 Barberton City's water?

EPA monitoring detected Dichloroacetic Acid, Trichloroacetic Acid, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Barberton City serve?

Barberton City reports serving 31,298 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Barberton City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 204 violations on file for Barberton City, of which 62 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.