DrinkingWaterCheck

Is LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?

LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 17,818, over 7,054 connections.

How this compares nationally

LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT has 38 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,550th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 41th percentile nationally.

Against the OH average

Among the 394 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2010-02-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2002-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT'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:

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover

This is what LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT 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 - 1 health-based violation on file for LICKING REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT - 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.