Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID OH7700011
What's in Akron, OH tap water
2 contaminants in Akron, OH's water sat at or above a federal limit, led by PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid) at 1.8x the limit.
- !2 contaminants at or above a federal limit — worst is PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid) at 1.8x
- !1 contaminant within 20% of a limit
- !15 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 12 never appear in this report
- ✓No open federal violations
+How this score is calculated
Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.
- −38 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −4 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −0 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −2 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −6 core regulated contaminants never reported (15/27)
A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.
Full grading methodology, constant for constant →What to worry about
- PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)1.8× the federal limit7.3 ng/L · limit 4 ng/L
Linked to cancer, liver damage, and immune effects; the EPA set an enforceable limit of 4 parts per trillion.
higher than 80% of U.S. systems
- TTHM1.2× the federal limit32.4–98.3 ug/L · limit 80 ug/L
Long-term exposure above the federal limit is linked to liver, kidney, and central-nervous-system effects and increased cancer risk.
higher than 95% of U.S. systems
- HAA592% of the federal limit30.9–55.1 ug/L · limit 60 ug/L
Long-term exposure above the federal limit is associated with an increased cancer risk.
higher than 95% of U.S. systems
+26 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorite | 0.15–0.64 mg/L | 1 mg/L |
| Chlorine Total | 1.02–1.68 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Antimony | 1.72 ug/L | 6 ug/L |
| Fluoride | 0.77–1.1 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Turbidity | 0.18 NTU | 1 NTU |
| Arsenic | 1.49 ug/L | 10 ug/L |
| Lead | 0.00183 mg/L | 0.015 mg/L |
| Gross Alpha | 1.32 pCi/L | 15 pCi/L |
| Selenium | 3.17 ug/L | 50 ug/L |
| Chlorine | 220 ug/L | 4000 ug/L |
| Nitrate | 0.33 mg/L | 10 mg/L |
| Combined Radium | 0.0949 pCi/L | 5 pCi/L |
| Barium | 0.026 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Copper | 0.001–0.006 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Bromodichloromethane | 14.9 ug/L | — |
| Chloroform | 20.1 ug/L | — |
| Dibromochloromethane | 6.8 ug/L | — |
| Manganese | 0.008 mg/L | — |
| Nickel | 0.029 mg/L | — |
| Alkalinity | 84 mg/L | — |
| Hardness | 118 mg/L | — |
| pH | 7.3 | — |
| Temperature | 58 | — |
| TOC | 2.51 mg/L | — |
| Total Solids | 311 mg/L | — |
| PFBA | 5 ng/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
12 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Akron, OH's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record
PFAS — EPA UCMR5 (2023–2025)
1 PFAS compound above EPA limits in Akron, OH
The EPA finalized the first-ever federal drinking-water limits for six PFAS compounds in April 2024. These numbers come straight from EPA's UCMR5 lab dataset — every U.S. system serving more than 3,300 people tested every PFAS sample at an entry point to its distribution system. PFAS not listed below were either tested and not detected, or not yet sampled.
PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)
● Over EPA limit (1.8×)PFBA
● Detected (no federal limit)Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Akron, OH's drinking water comes from surface water, drawn from 3 sources.
Source
- IN FROM AKRON CITY LAKE ROCKWELL 48-INCH
- IN FROM AKRON CITY LAKE ROCKWELL 72-INCH
- IN FROM AKRON CITY LAKE ROCKWELL 60-INCH
Treatment
- AKRON CITY
Distribution
Compliance history
Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.
- Treatment technique violationHealth-based9 violations on record · most recent May 2003resolved
- Maximum contaminant level exceededHealth-based5 violations on record · most recent Jul 2025resolved
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗