Muskingum County Water Quality

Name: Muskingum County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
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Muskingum County, Ohio: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

Lead (90th percentile)ZANESVILLE PWS15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA0.9 µg/L

ZANESVILLE PWS0.9 µg/LMonitoring period: 2023–2025

Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)ZANESVILLE PWS2,000 ng/L EPA health advisory (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA3.1 ng/L

ZANESVILLE PWS3.1 ng/LSample date: 2023-03-23 to 2023-09-20

1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)ZANESVILLE PWSNo federal or state limit; shown for transparency20.1 ng/L

ZANESVILLE PWS20.1 ng/LSample date: 2023-03-23 to 2023-09-20

28 substances tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: ZANESVILLE PWS

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
Lithium
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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ZanesvilleZANESVILLE PWS
PFAS detected, within limitLead below action level
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Muskingum CountyPFAS detected in 1 of 1 city; none above a federal limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Ohio

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Ohio

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

ZanesvilleZANESVILLE PWS · OH6002712
29,381 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Muskingum County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Muskingum County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Zanesville's main water system: ZANESVILLE PWS · PWSID OH6002712 · Purity Score 99 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Muskingum County cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

None of the 1 Muskingum County cities on record had a regulated PFAS above the 2024 federal limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 1.

Is there lead in Muskingum County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Muskingum County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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