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These water testing labs are certified by Michigan, Ohio or Pennsylvania to test drinking water. Labs whose homeowner
policy we have checked have a profile with their certifications, how samples reach them and the prices they list.
The other certified labs are listed further down, by state.
Eurofins Pomona, Pomona — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Eurofins South Bend, South Bend — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Eurofins St Louis, Earth City — certified for Radiological
Eurofins-Buffalo, Amherst — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Evart Wastewater Treatment Plant, Evart — certified for Bacteria
F & V Drinking Water Laboratory - Belding, Grand Rapids — certified for Bacteria
Fenton WTP Laboratory, Fenton — certified for Bacteria
Flint Water Plant & Facilities, Flint — certified for Bacteria, Standard chemistry
Founes Well Drilling & Environmental Laboratory, Paw Paw — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Frenchtown Charter Township, Newport — certified for Bacteria
FT Guru's Laboratory, Clinton Township — certified for Bacteria
Garrett Laboratories, Inc., Niles — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
GCDC-WWS Water Treatment Plant, Montrose — certified for Bacteria
GEL Laboratories LLC, Charleston — certified for Radiological
Genesee County Health Department, Flint — certified for Bacteria
Gladstone Water Treatment Plant, Gladstone — certified for Bacteria
GLWA Lake Huron Water Plant Lab, Fort Gratiot — certified for Bacteria
GLWA Northeast Water Treatment Plant, Detroit — certified for Bacteria
GLWA Southwest Water Plant, Allen Park — certified for Bacteria
GLWA Springwells Water Plant, Dearborn — certified for Bacteria, Standard chemistry
GLWA Waterworks Park Water Plant, Detroit — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Grand Ledge Water Lab, Grand Ledge — certified for Bacteria
Grand Rapids Lake Mich. Filt. Plant, West Olive — certified for Bacteria
Grand Rapids WFP - Oak Industrial Drive, West Olive — certified for Bacteria
Gratiot Area Water Authority, Alma — certified for Bacteria
Great Lakes Scientific, Stevensville — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Great Lakes Water Quality Laboratory, Inc., Lake Ann — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Grosse Pointe Farms Water Treatment Plant, Grosse Pointe Farms — certified for Bacteria
Gun Lake Area Sewer and Water Authority, Shelbyville — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Harbor Beach WTP, Harbor Beach — certified for Bacteria
Hart Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hart — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Hastings Water Treatment Plant, Hastings — certified for Bacteria
Hillsdale Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hillsdale — certified for Bacteria
Holland Board of Public Works, Holland — certified for Bacteria
Holly WTP, Holly — certified for Bacteria
Howell Water Treatment Plant, Howell — certified for Bacteria, Standard chemistry
Huron Regional Water Authority Laboratory, Port Austin — certified for Bacteria
Huron Shore Regional Utility Authority, East Tawas — certified for Bacteria
Ionia Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ionia — certified for Bacteria
Ira Township Water Treatment Plant, Fair Haven — certified for Bacteria
Ishpeming Area Wastewater Facility, Ishpeming — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Isle Royale National Park, Houghton — certified for Bacteria
Jackson Water Treatment Plant, Jackson — certified for Bacteria
Jonesville Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jonesville — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Kalamazoo Public Services Laboratory, Kalamazoo — certified for Bacteria
KNL Environmental Testing, LLC, Tampa — certified for Radiological
L'Anse Water Treatment Plant, L'Anse — certified for Bacteria
Lake Township Water System, Bridgman — certified for Bacteria
Lans. Brd. of Water & Light Envir. Services Lab, Lansing — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Lexington Water Treatment Plant, Lexington — certified for Bacteria
LMAS Regional Laboratory, Newberry — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Lowell Water Treatment & Filtration Plant, Lowell — certified for Bacteria
Ludington Water Treatment Plant, Ludington — certified for Bacteria
Mackinac Island Water Treatment Plant, Mackinac Island — certified for Bacteria
Manistee Wastwater Treatment Plant, Manistee — certified for Bacteria
Manistique Water Treatment Plant, Manistique — certified for Bacteria
Marine City Water Works (Tetra Tech), Marine City — certified for Bacteria
Marquette Water Filtration Plant, Marquette — certified for Bacteria
Marshall Wastewater Treatment Plant, Marshall — certified for Bacteria
Marysville Water Filtration Plant, Marysville — certified for Bacteria
Menominee Water Treatment Plant, Menominee — certified for Bacteria
Merit Laboratories, Inc., East Lansing — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Metiri - Geneva, Geneva — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Standard chemistry
Metiri - Holt, Holt — certified for PFAS
MHOG Water Treatment Plant, Howell — certified for Bacteria
Microbac Laboratories, Inc - Northbrook, Northbrook — certified for Radiological
Microbac Laboratories, Inc.- Marietta Division, Marietta — certified for PFAS
Microbiological Associates, Wayne — certified for Bacteria
Midland Water Treatment Plant, Midland — certified for Bacteria
Midwest Analytical Services, Inc, Ferndale — certified for Bacteria
Monroe Water Filtration Plant, Monroe — certified for Bacteria
MPC Flint Community Lab, Flint — certified for Metals, Lead & copper
Mt. Clemens Water Filtration Plant, Harrison Township — certified for Bacteria
Mt. Pleasant Water Treatment Plant, Mt. Pleasant — certified for Bacteria
Munising Wastewater Treatment Plant, Munising — certified for Bacteria
Muskegon Heights Filtration, Muskegon Heights — certified for Bacteria
Muskegon Water Filtration Plant, Muskegon — certified for Bacteria
New Age/Landmark, Inc., South Haven — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Lead & copper
New Baltimore Water Treatment Plant, New Baltimore — certified for Bacteria
New Buffalo Water Plant, New Buffalo — certified for Bacteria
Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency, Gaylord — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Northwest Ottawa Water Treatment Plant, Grand Haven — certified for Bacteria
NSF International, Ann Arbor — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
OML Analytical, Rockford — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Ontonagon Water Treatment Plant, Ontonagon — certified for Bacteria
Owosso Water Treatment Plant, Owosso — certified for Bacteria
Pace Analytical Center for Testing & Innovation, Mount Juliet — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services - Indianapolis, Indianapolis — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services LLC - Mansfield MA (320 Forbes), Mansfield — certified for PFAS
Pace Analytical Services LLC - Peoria, Peoria — certified for PFAS
Pace Analytical Services LLC Ormond Beach FL, Ormond Beach — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Greensburg, Greensburg — certified for Radiological
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - East Longmeadow, MA, East Longmeadow — certified for PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Minneapolis MN, Minneapolis — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC (Grand Rapids), Kentwood — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Paw Paw Laboratory, Paw Paw — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Petoskey WWTP, Petoskey — certified for Bacteria
Plainfield Township Water Department, Grand Rapids — certified for Bacteria
Port Huron Water Treatment Plant, Port Huron — certified for Bacteria
Prein & Newhof, Grand Rapids — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Quantum Laboratories, Inc., Wixom — certified for Bacteria
Raven Analytical Laboratory, Roscommon — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant, Richmond — certified for Bacteria
Rockford Water Lab, Rockford — certified for Bacteria
Saginaw Water Treatment Plant, Saginaw — certified for Bacteria
Saint Clair River Water & Sewer Authority, East China Township — certified for Bacteria
Saint Clair Water Treatment Plant, St. Clair — certified for Bacteria
Saint Ignace Water Treatment Plant, St. Ignace — certified for Bacteria
Saint Johns Water Plant, St. Johns — certified for Bacteria
Saint Joseph WFP, St. Joseph — certified for Bacteria
Saline Water Treatment Plant, Saline — certified for Bacteria
Sault Ste. Marie Water Treatment Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie — certified for Bacteria
Scientific Methods, Granger
SGS North America Inc. - Orlando, Orlando — certified for PFAS
SGS North America Inc. - Wilmington NC, Wilmington — certified for PFAS
A E Kirby Memorial Health Center, Wilkes-Barre — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Accurate Analytical Testing LLC, Romulus — certified for Lead & copper
AG Environmental RSC LLC, Ferndale — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Allentown Municipal Water Laboratory, Allentown — certified for Bacteria
ALS Environmental - Holland, Holland — certified for PFAS
ALS Environmental - Middletown, Middletown — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
ALS Environmental - Toms River, Toms River — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
ALS Group USA, Corp. dba ALS Environmental, Houston
American Water Central Laboratory, Belleville — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Aqua Pennsylvania Inc - Shenango Valley Division, Sharon — certified for Bacteria
Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., Bryn Mawr — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Batta Laboratories LLC, Newark
Battelle Analytical Chemistry Services, Norwell — certified for PFAS
BCS Laboratories Inc, Gainesville
Bethlehem Water Lab, Bethlehem — certified for Bacteria
Blue Triton Brands, Inc., Breinigsville — certified for Bacteria, Standard chemistry
Borough of Carlisle; Carlisle Region Water Pollution Control Facility Laboratory, Carlisle — certified for Bacteria
Cape Fear Analytical, LLC, Wilmington
Capital Region Water - Water Treatment Laboratory, Harrisburg — certified for Bacteria
Cardan Laboratories Inc, Northern Cambria — certified for Bacteria
Chambersburg Water Treatment Plant, Fayetteville — certified for Bacteria
Chemstream Lab Services, Homer City — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Chester Water Authority, Nottingham — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
City of Lancaster Water Quality Laboratory, Lancaster — certified for Bacteria
City of Lebanon Authority Wastewater Treatment Facility Laboratory, Lebanon — certified for Bacteria
Continental Water Laboratory, Sacramento — certified for Bacteria
Criterion Laboratories Inc, Bensalem — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Culligan Analytical Laboratory, Rosemont — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Donald Morse Laboratory, Connellsville — certified for Bacteria
Dream Pools and Spas Inc, Pittsburgh — certified for Bacteria
EMSL Analytical, Inc., Long Island City
Erie Water Works Laboratory, Erie — certified for Bacteria, Standard chemistry
Eurofins Built Environment Testing East - Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill — certified for Lead & copper
Eurofins Built Environment Testing East, LLC - Cary, NC, Cary
Eurofins Concord, Concord — certified for Bacteria
Eurofins Drinking Water and Wastewater Northeast, Kittaning — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Eurofins Drinking Water and Wastewater Northeast, LLC, Pottsville — certified for Bacteria
Eurofins Edison, Edison — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Eurofins Knoxville, Knoxville
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Environment Testing, LLC, Lancaster — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Eurofins Philadelphia - Horsham, Horsham — certified for Bacteria, Standard chemistry
Eurofins Philadelphia - Wind Gap, Wind Gap — certified for Standard chemistry
Eurofins Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh — certified for Bacteria
Eurofins Pomona, Pomona — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Eurofins South Bend, South Bend — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Eurofins St Louis, Earth City — certified for Radiological
Free-Col Laboratory, Erie — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
G & C Coal Analysis Lab Inc, Summerville — certified for Standard chemistry
Garden State Laboratories Inc, Hillside — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
GEL Laboratories LLC, Charleston — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Greenville Water - Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc, Greenville — certified for Bacteria
H & H Water Controls Inc, Carmichaels — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Radiological, Standard chemistry
H.O. Thompson Testing Lab, Parkesburg — certified for Bacteria
H2O Environmental LLC, Harrisburg — certified for Bacteria
Hampton - Clarke Inc., Fairfield — certified for Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Hampton Shaler Water Authority, Pittsburgh — certified for Bacteria
HawkMtn Labs Inc, Hazle Township — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Hulton Treatment Plant Laboratory, Oakmont — certified for Bacteria
Kevco Services, Inc, Butler — certified for Bacteria
Laboratory, Analytical and Biological Services, Inc, New Oxford — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Laurel Creek Filter Plant, Milroy — certified for Bacteria
LBCJMA Water Treatment Plant Laboratory, Tullytown — certified for Bacteria
Maiden Creek Filter Plant Laboratory, Reading — certified for Bacteria, Standard chemistry
Maryland Spectral Services, Inc., Halethorpe — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
MAWC George R. Sweeney Plant Laboratory, Saltsburg
MAWC Indian Creek Water Treatment Plant Laboratory, Connellsville — certified for Bacteria
McAndrew Laboratory, Inc., Orchard Park — certified for Bacteria
Metiri - Geneva, Geneva — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Metiri - Holt, Holt — certified for PFAS
Microbac Laboratories Inc New York Division, Cortland — certified for Bacteria
Microbac Laboratories, Inc - Northbrook, Northbrook — certified for Radiological
Microbac Laboratories, Inc- Dayville-CT, Dayville — certified for Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Harrisburg, Harrisburg — certified for Standard chemistry
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Pittston, Pittston — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. Pittsburgh Division, Warrendale — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Microbac Laboratories, Inc.- Marietta Division, Marietta — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Mohawk Valley Water Authority, Utica — certified for Bacteria
Morrisville Municipal Authority Laboratory, Morrisville — certified for Bacteria
Municipal Authority of the City of New Kensington, New Kensington — certified for Bacteria
Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County McKeesport WTP, McKeesport — certified for Bacteria
MWRA, Boston
NELAnalytical, Winslow — certified for Bacteria
Niagara Bottling, LLC, Howard — certified for Bacteria
North Penn Water Authority Laboratory, Chalfont — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Northampton Borough Municipal Authority, Coplay — certified for Bacteria
Nova Biologicals, Inc., Conroe — certified for Bacteria
NSF International, Ann Arbor — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Onterris Laboratories LLC, Wilmington — certified for PFAS
Onterris Laboratories LLC, Richmond — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Standard chemistry
Owl Hill Laboratories LLC, Lititz — certified for Bacteria
PA American Water Brownsville Lab, Brownsville — certified for Bacteria
PA American Water Co - Norristown, Norristown — certified for Bacteria
PA DEP Bureau of Laboratories, Harrisburg — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Center for Testing & Innovation, Mount Juliet — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services LLC - Greensburg PA, Greensburg — certified for Radiological
Pace Analytical Services LLC - Mansfield MA (320 Forbes), Mansfield — certified for Metals, Lead & copper, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services LLC - Westborough, MA, Westborough — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services LLC - Williamsport, PA, Williamsport — certified for Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services LLC Ormond Beach FL, Ormond Beach — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Altoona, PA, Altoona — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dubois, Dubois — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - East Longmeadow, MA, East Longmeadow — certified for VOCs, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Erie, Erie — certified for Bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Ewing, Ewing — certified for Bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Fairfield, Fairfield — certified for Metals, Lead & copper, Radiological, PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Madisonville, Madisonville — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Melville, NY, Melville — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Minneapolis MN, Minneapolis — certified for Metals, Lead & copper
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Wysox, Wysox — certified for Bacteria
Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Indiana, Indiana — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Van Voorhis, Van Voorhis — certified for Bacteria
PAW - Lake Scranton Lab, Roaring Brook Twp — certified for Bacteria
PAW Butler Laboratory, Butler — certified for Bacteria
PAW Clarion Laboratory, Clarion — certified for Bacteria
PAW Indiana Laboratory, Indiana — certified for Bacteria
PAW Milton Lab, Milton — certified for Bacteria
PAW Philipsburg Laboratory, Philipsburg — certified for Bacteria
PAW Punxsutawney Laboratory, Punxsutawney — certified for Bacteria
PAW-Bangor Lab, Bangor — certified for Bacteria
Pennsylvania American Water - Kane Lab, Kane — certified for Bacteria
Pennsylvania American Water Ellwood City, Wampum — certified for Bacteria
Pennsylvania American Water New Castle, New Castle — certified for Bacteria
Pennsylvania American Water West Shore WTP, New Cumberland — certified for Bacteria
Pennsylvania American Water: Hays Mine Laboratory, Pittsburgh — certified for Bacteria
Phase Separation Science Inc, Baltimore — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Philadelphia Bureau of Laboratories, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Water Department Bureau of Laboratory Services, Philadelphia — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Pittsburgh Water Laboratory, Pittsburgh — certified for Bacteria
Pottstown Wastewater Treatment Plant Laboratory, Pottstown — certified for Bacteria
RDM-Johnstown, LLC, Johnstown — certified for Bacteria
Regional Water Authority, New Haven — certified for PFAS
RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, PFAS, Standard chemistry
Sahli Lab, Beaver Falls — certified for Bacteria
SGS North America Inc. - Dayton, Dayton — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
SGS North America Inc. - Orlando, Orlando — certified for PFAS
SGS North America Inc. - Wilmington NC, Wilmington — certified for PFAS
SPL - Reading, Reading — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
SPL - State College, State College — certified for Bacteria
SPL-Chambersburg, Chambersburg — certified for Bacteria
SPL, Inc. - Kilgore, Kilgore — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
Spring Laboratory, Roaring Spring — certified for Bacteria
St. Marys Area Water Authority, St Marys — certified for Bacteria
State College Water Authority, State College — certified for Bacteria
TGAI Laboratories LLC, State College — certified for Bacteria
The York Water Company, York — certified for Bacteria
US Micro-Solutions Inc, Latrobe — certified for Bacteria
Waypoint Analytical - PA Inc., Leola — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
West View Water Authority, Pittsburgh — certified for Bacteria
White Oak Laboratory LLC, Ridgway — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority Laboratory, Verona — certified for Bacteria
Williamsport Sanitary Authority Laboratories, Williamsport — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Eurofins South Bend, South Bend — certified for Bacteria, Radiological, PFAS
Geauga County Department of Water Resources, Chardon — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory, Beavercreek — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Jackson County Water Company Laboratory, Jackson — certified for Bacteria
Jones & Henry Laboratories, Northwood — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Kleinfelder Water Technologies Laboratory (formerly Industrial Fluid Management, Inc.), McClure — certified for Bacteria
Leetonia WTP Laboratory, Leetonia — certified for Bacteria
Maine Laboratories LLC (dba PFAS Laboratories), Norridgewock — certified for PFAS
MASI Laboratory, Plain City — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Standard chemistry
Metiri - Holt, Holt — certified for PFAS
Microbac Laboratories, Inc.- Marietta Division, Marietta — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, PFAS, Standard chemistry
NEORSD Analytical Services, Cuyahoga Heights — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
Ohio Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection Laboratory, Reynoldsburg — certified for Bacteria
Onterris Laboratories LLC, Wilmington — certified for PFAS
Pace Analytical Services LLC - Mansfield MA (320 Forbes), Mansfield — certified for PFAS
Pace Analytical Services LLC Ormond Beach FL, Ormond Beach — certified for PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, Inc. - Greensburg, Greensburg — certified for Radiological
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dayton, Englewood — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - East Longmeadow, MA, East Longmeadow — certified for PFAS
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Madisonville, Madisonville
Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Minneapolis MN, Minneapolis
Portage County Water Resources, Ravenna — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
Q Laboratories, Cincinnati — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
Ream & Haager Laboratories, Inc., Dover — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
Sebring Water Department Laboratory, Beloit — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
SGS North America Inc. - Orlando, Orlando — certified for PFAS
SGS North America Inc. - Wilmington NC, Wilmington — certified for PFAS
Superior Laboratories, Galloway — certified for Bacteria
The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory, Put-in-Bay
Troy Water Plant Laboratory, Troy — certified for Bacteria
Twin City Water Plant Laboratory, Uhrichsville — certified for Bacteria
Willard Water Plant Laboratory, Willard
How to choose a water testing lab
EPA's advice to private well owners is to only use laboratories that are certified to do drinking water testing[4]. Every lab on this page is on Michigan's, Ohio's or Pennsylvania's certified list. Beyond that, four things decide which lab fits your sample:
Certification for your test. A state certifies a lab for types of drinking water analysis, not for every
test. Check that the lab is certified for each test you order: each profile lists the certifications its state
registry shows.
Samples from homeowners. Not every certified lab accepts them, so check before you order. A lab's profile
here quotes its homeowner policy from its own website.
How your sample gets there. A lab may mail you a kit, take samples you drop off or send someone to collect
one. EPA notes that most testing laboratories or services supply their own sample containers[5], and that a coliform bacteria sample needs a sterile container, so use the lab's bottle and follow its instructions.
Price and what it covers. Each profile shows the prices the lab lists and the date we read them. A panel
covers only the tests the lab names in it.
Our state pages add each state's free and low-cost testing programs and what a bacteria test costs there:
Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
For any other state, state-certified water testing labs by state links the state's official list
of certified drinking water labs.
How we verify labs
We check each lab in two layers.
Registry layer. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, each state runs its own program that certifies labs to test
drinking water, and EPA links to every state's program and certified-lab list. We read each lab's certifications
from the state's own registry: Michigan EGLE, Pennsylvania DEP and Ohio EPA. A lab is listed here only while one of
those registries lists it, and we never add a certification the registry does not show.
Homeowner layer. Many certified labs test only for water utilities or businesses. For each lab with a profile we
read its own website to find out whether it accepts samples from homeowners, how a sample gets to it (mail-in,
drop-off or collection) and what it charges. We save the page and quote the lab's own words, with the date we read
them.
Every 90 days. Lab policies and prices change. A fact we have not re-checked within 90 days is taken off the
lab's profile, and the lab moves back to the list of other certified labs until we verify it again.
Suspended services. When a lab says it has temporarily stopped a test, such as bacteria testing, we show that on
its profile. The lab stays listed for its other tests.
Certification and accreditation
State certification is what a drinking water test needs: it means the state has approved the lab to run that type
of drinking water analysis. Accreditation is a separate quality standard. Some labs are accredited under the national
NELAP program, which the NELAC Institute tracks in its LAMS database, but LAMS covers only some labs. We use it as a
cross-check, never in place of a state registry.