Is SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS's water safe to drink?

SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 2,800 people get their water from it, across 1,277 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

144 total violations and 0 health-based ones put SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS at the 28th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,333 of 12,903.

Against the OH average

OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS carries 0, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

What SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS's record does not cover

This is what SOUTH ZANESVILLE 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 SOUTH ZANESVILLE PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,333th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.