Aqua Ohio - Lake Darby water quality

Updated 2026-10-22 · Ohio · Affiliate disclosure

We read 6 results from Aqua Ohio - Lake Darby’s 2025 water quality report. No results over a legal limit; 1 above a health goal or guideline.

Serves about 3,562 people · Water system ID OH2502612 · Read the district’s 2025 report (opens in a new tab)

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Results from the 2025 report

Each number is copied from the district’s report and links to the page it’s printed on. Where the report lists several plants, wells or purchased water, the highest is shown.

ContaminantResultHealth goalLegal limitWhat it means
Copper90th percentile of 20 homes tested, 0 over the action level · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 30.38 ppm0.3 ppm1.3 ppm (action level)Above the health goal1.3x the health goal
Bariumas reported · sampled 2023 · 2025 report, page 30.02 ppm2 ppm2 ppmBelow the health goal
Chloramineas reported · range 1 to 1.7 · 2025 report, page 31.4 ppmNone set4 ppmBelow the legal limit
Fluorideas reported · sampled 2023 · 2025 report, page 30.7 ppm1 ppm4 ppmBelow the health goal
Lead90th percentile of 20 homes tested, 0 over the action level · Customer taps · 2025 report, page 3Not detected0.2 ppb15 ppb (action level)Not detected
Nitrate (as N)as reported · 2025 report, page 30.4 ppm10 ppm10 ppmBelow the health goal

Utility results describe the whole system, measured where water enters the pipes, not your tap. Your home’s plumbing can add lead or copper.

EPA testing for PFAS and lithium

EPA’s own nationwide testing (UCMR 5) found these in Aqua Ohio - Lake Darby’s water between Apr 2024 and Oct 2024. These are EPA lab results, separate from the district’s report. Anything not listed was not detected.

  • Lithium9.4 ppbFound in 1 of 2 samples · highest resultBelow EPA’s health reference level of 10 ppb

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data. The highest single result is shown; one high sample doesn’t mean every glass is that high.

What you can do

Nothing here is an emergency notice: if the district has a violation, it must tell customers directly. If you’d like to lower these at your tap, these are the treatments that remove them, and the catalog shows the models certified for each. Ranking is by certified removal; commissions never change the order.

Copper

Found: Copper

What removes it: Reverse osmosis.

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