OH / Zanesville
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Zanesville tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Zanesville. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Zanesville is served by 5 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 54,271 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 52 violations across the community water system(s) serving Zanesville, going back to the earliest EPA record. 6 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Zanesville Pws
29,381 served · groundwater · PWSID OH6002712 - Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in December 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2004. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Muskingum County Water - Se
21,540 served · groundwater · PWSID OH6000412 - Health-based TTHM: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in October 2017. The EPA record lists a level of 0.081 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.08 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between July 2004 and December 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in August 2013. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
South Zanesville Pws
2,800 served · groundwater · PWSID OH6002212 - Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in September 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Greenlawn Estates Mhp
480 served · groundwater · PWSID OH6045817 - Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 7 times between July 2019 and July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in May 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in April 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Woodland Hills Estates Ii
70 served · groundwater · PWSID OH5800712 - Health-based Revised Total Coliform Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times in April 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Groundwater Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in April 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 7 times between October 2017 and October 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 2020 and December 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between November 2022 and February 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Radium-228: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2020. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2016. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in December 2009. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.