Is ASHLAND CITY's water safe to drink?
ASHLAND CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 20,648 people through 7,774 service connections.
How this compares nationally
ASHLAND CITY has 7 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,698th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.
How ASHLAND CITY compares within OH
Among the 394 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - ASHLAND CITY's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ASHLAND CITY is from 2026-07-01 (health-based: 2010-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ASHLAND CITY's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what ASHLAND CITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for ASHLAND CITY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.