How much disinfection byproduct is in the water?
When chlorine meets the organic matter in river and reservoir water it forms trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, the most common contaminants actually measured in Ohio tap water. EPA's Six-Year Review file holds every compliance sample from 2012 through 2019; the map shows the latest yearly mean of total trihalomethanes for the system serving each ZIP against the 80 µg/L annual-average limit, and the card adds haloacetic acids (limit 60), the highest nitrate, arsenic, radium, gross alpha and uranium results, and how many samples sit behind each number. Well systems usually run low; big surface-water systems sit closer to the line, especially in late summer.
671 of 1,233 ZIPs have data; median 35.4 µg/L.
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Map of Ohio by Disinfection byproducts
Highest and lowest
Highest
- 43502 · Archbold113.7 µg/L
- 43791 · Newton Township and White Cottage82.1 µg/L
- 43738 · Fultonham82.1 µg/L
- 43735 · Newton Township and East Fultonham82.1 µg/L
- 43115 · Deerfield Township and Clarksburg77.8 µg/L
- 43543 · Montpelier75.8 µg/L
- 44613 · Brewster71.8 µg/L
- 43512 · Defiance70.9 µg/L
- 43465 · Walbridge70.3 µg/L
- 43463 · Troy Township and Stony Ridge70.3 µg/L
- 43443 · Luckey70.3 µg/L
- 45828 · Coldwater69.6 µg/L
- 44485 · Warren69 µg/L
- 44484 · Howland Township and Warren69 µg/L
- 44483 · Warren69 µg/L
Lowest
- 43050 · Mount Vernon0 µg/L
- 43151 · Midway and Sedalia0 µg/L
- 43906 · Bellaire0 µg/L
- 43931 · Ohio Township and Hannibal0 µg/L
- 43962 · Summitville0 µg/L
- 44610 · Berlin Township and Berlin0 µg/L
- 44653 · Midvale0 µg/L
- 44659 · Mount Eaton0 µg/L
- 44661 · Nashville0 µg/L
- 44689 · Paint Township and Wilmot0 µg/L
- 44838 · Hayesville0 µg/L
- 45013 · Hamilton0 µg/L
- 45015 · Hamilton0 µg/L
- 45307 · Bowersville0 µg/L
- 45336 · Kettlersville0 µg/L
Source
EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019: total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids (HAA5) sampled in the distribution system, nitrate, arsenic, combined radium, gross alpha and uranium at entry points; yearly means by system, non-detects as zero; benzene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene and vinyl chloride from the same files; atrazine, alachlor, 2,4-D, chromium, cadmium, barium, mercury, selenium and thallium likewise; total coliform and E. coli distribution samples from the same review (presence or absence)
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