Is ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 68,000, over 24,490 connections.
ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT has 20 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,096th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 76th percentile nationally.
How ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT compares within OH
OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT carries 6, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2023-01-03 (health-based: 2015-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and ELYRIA WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,096th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.