Lake County General Health District’s goal in the Private Water System (PWS) program is to ensure that residents utilizing a private water system have safe (potable) drinking water. The Board of Health is responsible to enforce the Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 3701-28 that governs the construction, inspection, installation, development, maintenance, and sealing (abandonment) of private water systems. Private water systems service homes and certain non-residential supplies and can consist of a well, cistern, spring, pond, hauled water tanks, or a combination of such supplies. Water supplies require routine maintenance and should be sampled at least once a year and analyzed for total coliform bacteria.  Health Districts use the permit forms found at Ohio Department of Health – Permit Forms for Private Water Systems to administer the private water systems program. You can find information on your well at Water Well Log Search by County, Township and Road, or Log Number. For helpful contacts and a list of certified water testing labs for private water systems, visit Ohio Department of Health for lists of Ohio Registered PWS ContractorsOut of State Registered PWS ContractorsWater Haulers, and Certified LaboratoriesIf you have questions that are not answered by the content found above or in the tabs below, please contact the Health District at (440) 350-2543.

Bacteriological Water Contaminants

Groundwater & Groundwater Contaminants