PFOA in Ohio water
PFOA was detected in 8 of 115 Ohio cities with a published result, 8 of them above the federal limit.
8 cities above the federal limit
- AkronAbove reference
- BexleyAbove reference
- CambridgeAbove reference
- ColumbusAbove reference
- HamiltonAbove reference
- MariettaAbove reference
- PortsmouthAbove reference
- WoosterAbove reference
Not detected or no usable result: 107 cities
- Adams County WdNot detected
- AllianceNot detected
- AmherstNot detected
- AshlandNot detected
- Ashtabula CountyNot detected
- Aurora City - ClevelandNot detected
- AvonNot detected
- Avon LakeNot detected
- BarbertonNot detected
- BedfordNot detected
- BellefontaineNot detected
- Belmont County Sanitary DistrictNot detected
- BereaNot detected
- Bowling GreenNot detected
- Brown County RuralNot detected
- BucyrusNot detected
- Butler County DistrictNot detected
- CantonNot detected
- CelinaNot detected
- ChillicotheNot detected
- CincinnatiNot detected
- CirclevilleNot detected
- ClevelandNot detected
- ConneautNot detected
- Cuyahoga FallsNot detected
- DaytonNot detected
- DefianceNot detected
- DelawareNot detected
- DoverNot detected
- East LiverpoolNot detected
- ElyriaNot detected
- EnglewoodNot detected
- Erie Perkins DistrictNot detected
- FairfieldNot detected
- Fairfield CountyNot detected
- FindlayNot detected
- FostoriaNot detected
- FremontNot detected
- GahannaNot detected
- GalionNot detected
- GirardNot detected
- Greene County -Northwest RegNot detected
- GreenvilleNot detected
- HarrisonNot detected
- HeathNot detected
- Indian Hill CityNot detected
- Jefferson W S District - MNot detected
- KentNot detected
- Lake County East SubdistrictNot detected
- Lake County West SubdistrictNot detected
- LakewoodNot detected
- LancasterNot detected
- LebanonNot detected
- LimaNot detected
- LorainNot detected
- LovelandNot detected
- MansfieldNot detected
- MarysvilleNot detected
- MaumeeNot detected
- MedinaNot detected
- Medina Co/NorthwestNot detected
- MiamisburgNot detected
- MiddletownNot detected
- MonroeNot detected
- Montgomery CountyNot detected
- New PhiladelphiaNot detected
- NewarkNot detected
- NilesNot detected
- North CantonNot detected
- North RidgevilleNot detected
- Northern Ohio RuralNot detected
- Northwest DistrictNot detected
- Northwestern W Sd - Toledo Svc AreaNot detected
- NorwoodNot detected
- OregonNot detected
- Ottawa County DistrictNot detected
- OxfordNot detected
- PainesvilleNot detected
- PerrysburgNot detected
- PickeringtonNot detected
- PiquaNot detected
- RavennaNot detected
- ReynoldsburgNot detected
- Rural Lorain County ANot detected
- SalemNot detected
- SanduskyNot detected
- Scioto County DistrictNot detected
- SidneyNot detected
- SpringfieldNot detected
- SteubenvilleNot detected
- StreetsboroNot detected
- SylvaniaNot detected
- TallmadgeNot detected
- ToledoNot detected
- TrentonNot detected
- TroyNot detected
- UrbanaNot detected
- Van WertNot detected
- VermilionNot detected
- WadsworthNot detected
- WapakonetaNot detected
- WarrenNot detected
- Warren CountyNot detected
- WestervilleNot detected
- WilmingtonNot detected
- XeniaNot detected
- YoungstownNot detected
Values are from the published EPA record; a contaminant that was never tested is shown as pending, never as a pass. A system-level result, not a measurement of any single home.
What can carry a PFOA reduction claim
- Reverse osmosis
Semi-permeable membrane separation removing dissolved minerals, heavy metals, and persistent fluorinated chemicals down to 0.0001 microns.
- Activated carbon (GAC)
Highly porous adsorption media targeting chlorine, disinfection byproducts, volatile organic compounds, and organic chemicals.
- Anion exchange
Synthetic polyvalent resin beads that exchange unwanted dissolved ionic contaminants for harmless benchmark ions.
Boiling does not remove a dissolved chemical compound and can concentrate it. Many pitcher and refrigerator filters carry no verified claim for a compound like this at all.
A finding establishes the need, the need names the capability, the capability requires a verified certification. No product appears before that sequence completes. Filter Finder →