Disinfection byproducts · 2025

Bromoform in Columbus, OH tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Columbus, OH's 2025 report shows Bromoform detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
Hap Cremean Water Plant
0–0.7 ug/L
Reported level
When we checked
2025 ug/L
Average
Hap Cremean Water Plant
0.3 ug/L
Range
Dublin Road Water Plant
1.3–3.4 ug/L
Average
Parsons Avenue Water Plant
6.4 ug/L
Range
Parsons Avenue Water Plant
3.7–9.3 ug/L
Reported level
Columbus Water
0.003
Average
Dublin Road Water Plant
2.2 ug/L

Verbatim from Columbus, OH's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Bromoform

A trihalomethane disinfection byproduct.

Counted within regulated total trihalomethanes; long-term exposure is associated with liver and kidney effects.

How Columbus, OH compares

1 of the 32 systems measuring Bromoform on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Bromoform:

People also ask

+Is there Bromoform in Columbus, OH tap water?

Yes — Columbus, OH's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Bromoform at 6.4 ug/L. Columbus, OH's 2025 report shows Bromoform detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

+What's the federal limit for Bromoform in drinking water?

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Bromoform. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Bromoform?

A trihalomethane disinfection byproduct. Counted within regulated total trihalomethanes; long-term exposure is associated with liver and kidney effects.

+Which other U.S. cities have Bromoform over the federal limit?

1 of the 32 systems on The Water Map measuring Bromoform report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pomona, CA.

+Where does this Bromoform measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Bromoform entry from the 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Columbus, OH water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/oh/columbus/2025/source.

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