Is CHARDON CITY PWS's water safe to drink?
CHARDON CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,247 people get their water from it, across 2,267 connections.
CHARDON CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country
CHARDON CITY PWS has 8 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,878th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 78th percentile nationally.
Against the OH average
CHARDON CITY PWS's 7 health-based violations sit above the OH average of 5.5, across 394 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CHARDON CITY PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2008-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
CHARDON CITY PWS'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:
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CHARDON CITY PWS's record does not cover
This is what CHARDON CITY PWS 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. Between the utility's meter and CHARDON CITY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,878th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.