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Tap water · Ohio

CLERMONT PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM

A community water system in Clermont, Ohio: 133,059 people (EPA's count), surface water. PWS ID OH1302212. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026.

ZIP codes in its service area: 45147, 45160, 45245, 45103 (92%), 45150 (85%), 45102 (77%), 45158 (65%), 45122 (51%), 45140 (48%), 45244 (46%), 45255 (29%), 45176 (1%). The percentage is this system's share of the ZIP's people on a public water system, from EPA's service area map.

–health-based violations on EPA's record since Oct. 23, 2023: none listed (EPA file Oct. 23, 2026)
1rule not met in EPA's latest quarter (any kind: testing and reporting rules count too)
–lead action level exceedances in sampling (5 years): not in EPA's file (EPA file Oct. 23, 2026)

Health-based violations on EPA's record since Oct. 23, 2023: none listed (EPA file Oct. 23, 2026).

Health-based violations by contaminant or rule (1, all years)

Health-based violations by contaminant or rule (1, all years)
Contaminant or ruleTimesLatest period beganHighest value EPA recordsBack in compliance
TTHMMaximum contaminant level (MCL)1Oct. 1, 20180.081 MG/L limit 0.08 MG/Lall

Health-based violations by year

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returned to complianceno return-to-compliance dateBy the year each violation period began.
Every health-based violation as EPA records it (1)
  • Oct. 1, 2018 – Dec. 31, 2018TTHMReturned to compliance March 8, 2019Maximum contaminant level (MCL) · measured 0.081 MG/L (state limit 0.08 MG/L)

Lead and copper: EPA's sample results

2.4ppb lead

Lead, 90th percentile of the samples in the sampling period Jan. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2026, first reported Aug. 13, 2026: 2.4 ppb (.0024 mg/L), not above EPA's action level of 15 ppb.

Exceedances of these action levels are not violations, but trigger other requirements to limit exposure to lead and copper in drinking water. The 90th percentile is the value that 90% of the sampled taps were at or below; EPA lists a result under its whole sampling period, which can end after the day the result was first reported; the action level is not a health standard. Values as EPA reports them (mg/L), shown in ppb for lead; a value marked "not plausible" (below zero, or above 1 mg/L lead or 100 mg/L copper) is listed as EPA has it but is probably a unit or entry error in EPA's file, and is not compared with an action level.
Lead and copper: EPA's sample results
Sampling period endedLead (90th pct.)Copper (90th pct.)
Dec. 31, 2026from Jan. 1, 20242.4 ppb first reported Aug. 13, 2026–
Dec. 31, 2023from Jan. 1, 20212.1 ppb first reported Aug. 22, 2023–
Dec. 31, 2020from Jan. 1, 20180 ppb first reported Aug. 27, 2020–
Dec. 31, 2017from Jan. 1, 20150 ppb first reported Aug. 25, 2017–
Dec. 31, 2014from Jan. 1, 20120 ppb first reported Aug. 6, 2014–
Dec. 31, 2011from Jan. 1, 20090 ppb first reported Nov. 17, 2011–
Sept. 30, 2005from June 1, 2005–407 mg/L not plausible first reported May 25, 2006

Source: EPA ECHO, SDWA lead and copper sample results (the newest 6 periods per contaminant). Lead in tap water across the U.S.

PFAS (“forever chemicals”): EPA's tests, 2024–2025

10.1ppt PFOS

PFOS up to 10.1 ppt (Sept. 12, 2024). EPA's limit for each is 4.0 ppt, which systems must meet from 2029.

One-time EPA testing, not a compliance test: a result at or above a limit is not a violation.
How EPA testedUCMR 5 is EPA's one-time testing of 29 PFAS and lithium, to learn where they occur; it is not a compliance test. A result at or above a limit is not a violation: under the 2024 rule a system is judged on the running annual average at each entry point from 2029 (EPA proposed in May 2026 to let systems ask for two more years, to 2031, for PFOA and PFOS; not final). Labs report a result only at or above EPA's minimum reporting level (4.0 ppt for PFOA and PFOS); a lower amount is reported as not found.
How EPA tested
FoundFound inHighest resultEPA limit
PFOSperfluorooctanesulfonic acid2 of 8 tests10.1 ppt (0.0101 µg/L)Sept. 12, 20244.0 ppt
PFPeA1 of 8 tests3.3 ppt (0.0033 µg/L)Sept. 12, 2024no EPA limit
PFBS1 of 8 tests3.1 ppt (0.0031 µg/L)March 20, 2025no EPA limit

PFOS: Limit set by EPA in April 2024; water systems must meet it from April 26, 2029 (EPA proposed in May 2026 to allow until 2031).

Every result found, as EPA reports it (4)
  • March 20, 2025PFBS: 0.0031 µg/LMGS Treatment Plant (1353367) · Plant Tap · sample M5B0264-01
  • March 20, 2025PFOS: 0.0083 µg/LMGS Treatment Plant (1353367) · Plant Tap · sample M5B0264-01
  • Sept. 12, 2024PFOS: 0.0101 µg/LMGS Treatment Plant (1353367) · Plant Tap · sample M4I0065-01
  • Sept. 12, 2024PFPeA: 0.0033 µg/LMGS Treatment Plant (1353367) · Plant Tap · sample M4I0065-01

Source: EPA, UCMR 5 occurrence data, tests from Sept. 12, 2024 to June 19, 2025. PFAS in tap water across the U.S.

Tests and paperwork

Monitoring and reporting violations (a required test not done or not reported on time), EPA's flag: No. Quarters with a violation of any kind in the last 3 years: 12 of 12.

Contaminants with violation of any kind (3 years), as EPA lists them (1)

A name here can be only a missed test; it does not mean it was found in the water.

Consumer Confidence Rule

EPA's summary fields for this system, under EPA's labels
Quarters with violation (3 years)
12
Health-based violation now (EPA's current flag)
No
Enforcement priority
No
Quarters as an enforcement priority (3 years)
0
Monitoring and reporting violations
No
Public notice violations
No
Other violations
Yes
Has new violations (draft)
No
Violation categories
Other Violation
Rules in violation (3 years)
1
Rules being violated
1
Lead action level exceedances (5 years)
– (not in EPA's file)
Copper action level exceedances (5 years)
– (not in EPA's file)
Complete sanitary surveys (5 years)
2
Date of last complete sanitary survey
March 11, 2025
Site visits (5 years)
5
Inspections (5 years)
0
Informal enforcement actions (5 years)
4
Date of last formal enforcement action
May 22, 2009

Health-based violations: Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.

Monitoring and reporting violations: Failure to conduct regular monitoring of drinking water quality, as required by SDWA, or to submit monitoring results in a timely fashion to the primacy agency.

Public notice violations: Violations of the public notification requirements of SDWA, which require systems to immediately alert consumers if there is a serious problem with their drinking water that may pose a risk to public health.

Other violations: Violations of other requirements of SDWA, such as issuing annual consumer confidence reports or maintaining required records.

Enforcement priority: 'Yes' indicates a public water system with unresolved serious, multiple, and/or continuing violations that is designated as a priority candidate for formal enforcement, as directed by EPA's Drinking Water Enforcement Response Policy.

Lead and copper action levels: Exceedances of these action levels are not violations, but trigger other requirements to limit exposure to lead and copper in drinking water.

Has new violations: Violations that have been reported to SDWA since end of the last official quarter. These violations are considered draft and do not reflect the official compliance status for the facility.

Sanitary survey: A sanitary survey is an on-site review of a system's water source, treatment, distribution system, storage, pumps, monitoring and reporting, management and operation, and operator compliance, intended to point out sanitary deficiencies and assess the system's capability to supply safe drinking water.

Enforcement actions: Formal enforcement actions compel a PWS to take specific actions by specific dates to return to compliance. Informal enforcement actions do not specify actions and deadlines for returning to compliance.

About this system
PWS ID
OH1302212
State
Ohio
Counties served
Clermont
Population served
133,059
Primary source
Surface water
Owner type
Private
Service area
Residential Area

From EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), through EPA ECHO's drinking water system download. Health-based violations from EPA Envirofacts, downloaded Nov. 2, 2026. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026. EPA: “All compliance and enforcement data displayed on ECHO are current as of the last official quarterly refresh of the source data system, SDWIS, which may lag by three to six months.” These are records of violations, not a test of your tap water today: your water system's annual Consumer Confidence Report has its test results. Names and values are shown as EPA writes them. EPA ECHO drinking water search. How to read this record.

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