Cleveland Public Water System

Water Quality Snapshot: Cleveland Public Water System

Cleveland Public Water System is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 1,308,955 residents in Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County) through 453,705 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 195 total violations for this system , of which 4 (2%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 185 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2024.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, recorded in 39 violations (MR). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Ohio, EPA tracks 4,181 public water systems serving 11,085,226 people, with 288,388 cumulative violations and 52,412 health-based violations on record. About 90% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 69 violations. Statewide, 204 of 346 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (59%).

Cleveland Public Water System's 195 violations sit above the Ohio average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.