Is NEW LEXINGTON's water safe to drink?
NEW LEXINGTON had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 5,161 people get their water from it, across 1,985 connections.
NEW LEXINGTON's record against the rest of the country
NEW LEXINGTON has 43 violations on record in total, 24 of thems health-based - ranking it 741th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 94th percentile nationally.
How NEW LEXINGTON compares within OH
OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; NEW LEXINGTON carries 24, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NEW LEXINGTON is from 2024-01-10 (health-based: 2024-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEW LEXINGTON'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 this data is and is not
This is what NEW LEXINGTON 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 - 24 health-based violations on file for NEW LEXINGTON - 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.