Is Bowling Green City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-02-01 → 2003-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-02-01 → 2003-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-02-01 → 2003-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-02-01 → 2003-02-28
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2003-01-01 → 2003-01-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1986-06-01 → 1986-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-09-01 → 2020-09-30

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfhxa	0.0069 µg/L	2/4	2024
Pfpea	0.0096 µg/L	2/4	2024
Pfba	0.0067 µg/L	1/4	2024
PFBS	0.0033 µg/L	1/4	2024

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	6050 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 8680 µg/L	340/348	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	122.3 µg/L 9.4% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 1040 µg/L	339/340	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	41.105 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 61.7 µg/L	140/140	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	13.46 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.7 µg/L	139/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	18.115 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20.3 µg/L	138/138	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	69.99 µg/L 87% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 82.8 µg/L	132/132	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	25.985 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 35.9 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	9.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.5 µg/L	127/127	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	15.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.4 µg/L	125/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.025 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.6 µg/L	86/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	5.74 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7 µg/L	74/139	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	5910 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 6910 µg/L	57/61	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	28/28	LCR	2025
Lead	31.2 µg/L 208% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 44 µg/L	9/337	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	16 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1105.5 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1130 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.925 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	8/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	2/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Atrazine	0.8200 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/25	SYR4	2012–2019

75 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, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDiquatEndothallEthylbenzeneGlyphosateGross Beta Particle ActivityHfpo-DaLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)TrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: O'CONNELL, BRIAN
Phone: 419-354-6246
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bowling Green City

Is Bowling Green City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green City's water?

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

How many people does Bowling Green City serve?

Bowling Green City reports serving 31,578 people in Ohio, per its EPA record.

Has Bowling Green City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 49 violations on file for Bowling Green City, of which 9 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.