- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Akron tap water? What EPA records show
EPA OH7700011 · serves Summit County, OH · about 280,000 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Akron City PWS (EPA OH7700011)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Akron's main utility, Akron City PWS: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
What EPA records show for Akron City PWS, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Jul 2025–Oct 2025 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 2.67 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2025–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 2.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Akron City PWS use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Akron City PWS's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)