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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.

Labs with a verified homeowner policy

Labs 1–24 of 35, listed A–Z by name.

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Michigan (199 labs)

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  • Absolute Laboratories, Inc., Auburn Hills — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Accurate Analytical Testing LLC, Romulus — certified for Lead & copper
  • ACZ Laboratories, Inc, Steamboat Springs — certified for Radiological
  • ADM Environmental LLC, Jackson — certified for Bacteria
  • Adrian Water Treatment Plant, Adrian — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Algonac Water Filtration Plant, Algonac — certified for Bacteria
  • Allegan Water Treatment Plant, Allegan — certified for Bacteria
  • Alliance Analytical Labs, Inc., Coopersville — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
  • Alliance Technical Group, LLC - Akron (F. Summit), Cuyahoga Falls — certified for Radiological
  • Alpena Water Plant, Alpena — certified for Bacteria
  • ALS Environmental - Holland, Holland — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
  • ALS Environmental - Valparaiso, Valparaiso — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
  • ALS Group USA, Corp. dba ALS Environmental, Houston
  • AMA Analytical Services, Inc., Lanham
  • Ann Arbor Technical Services, Inc., Ann Arbor — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
  • Ann Arbor Water Treatment Plant, Ann Arbor — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
  • Anthony Ragnone Treatment Plant, Montrose — certified for Bacteria
  • Aqua Check LLC, Dearborn — certified for Bacteria
  • Assurance Water Laboratory, Gladwin — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • B&B Water/Wastewater Consultants Inc., Wayland — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Baraga Water Plant, Baraga — certified for Bacteria
  • Battle Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Battle Creek — certified for Bacteria
  • Bay Area Water Treatment Plant, Bay City — certified for Bacteria
  • Bay County Health Department, Bay City — certified for Bacteria
  • Benton Charter Township Water Plant, Benton Harbor — certified for Bacteria
  • Benton Harbor Water Treatment Plant, St Joseph — certified for Bacteria
  • BEST Labs Inc, Richland — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
  • Big Rapids Water Filtration Plant, Big Rapids — certified for Bacteria
  • Biosan, Warren — certified for Bacteria
  • Blissfield Water Treatment Plant, Blissfield — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
  • Blue Triton Brands - Mecosta, Stanwood — certified for Bacteria
  • Bridgman Water Plant, Bridgman — certified for Bacteria
  • Cadillac Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cadillac — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Caro Wastewater Treatment Plant, Caro — certified for Bacteria
  • Caseville Water Treatment Plant, Caseville — certified for Bacteria
  • Cass City Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cass City — certified for Bacteria
  • Charlevoix Water Treatment Plant, Charlevoix — certified for Bacteria
  • Cheboygan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cheboygan — certified for Bacteria
  • Clare Wastewater Treatment Plant, Clare — certified for Bacteria
  • Coldwater Board of Public Utilities, Coldwater — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Cornwell Engineering Group Laboratory, Newport News — certified for Lead & copper
  • Culligan Analytical Laboratory, Rosemont — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
  • Deerfield Water Filtration Plant, Deerfield — certified for Bacteria
  • DeTour Village Waterworks, DeTour Village — certified for Bacteria
  • Dexter Water Utilities, Dexter — certified for Bacteria
  • Dundee Water Filtration Plant, Dundee — certified for Bacteria
  • East Lansing-Meridian Water & Sewer Authority, East Lansing — certified for Bacteria
  • Eaton Rapids WWTP, Eaton Rapids — certified for Bacteria
  • Element Materials Technology - Ft Wayne, Ft Wayne — certified for Lead & copper
  • Element Materials Technology - Lafayette, Lafayette — certified for Lead & copper
  • EMSL Analytical Inc. - New Hope, New Hope — certified for Lead & copper
  • Enthalpy Analytical LLC formerly Vista, El Dorado Hills — certified for PFAS
  • Enviro Lab Services, Inc, Oscoda — certified for PFAS
  • Enviroappraisal Labs, Centreville — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Environmental Hazards Services, LLC, N. Chesterfield — certified for Lead & copper
  • Environmental Support Services, South Lyon — certified for Bacteria
  • Escanaba Water Department, Escanaba — certified for Bacteria
  • Eurofins Built Environment Testing East, LLC - Cary, NC, Cary
  • Eurofins Environmental Testing - Sacramento, West Sacramento — certified for PFAS
  • Eurofins Knoxville, Knoxville
  • Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Environment Testing, LLC, Lancaster — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
  • Eurofins Michigan (Farmington Hills), Farmington Hills — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • 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
  • SGS- Livonia (formerly RTI ), Livonia — certified for Bacteria, PFAS
  • SOS Analytical, Inc., Traverse City — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
  • South County Water System - Monroe, Temperance — certified for Bacteria
  • South Haven Water Filtration Plant, South Haven — certified for Bacteria
  • South Lyon Water Treatment Plant, South Lyon — certified for Bacteria
  • Southeastern Oakland Co. Water Auth., Royal Oak — certified for Bacteria
  • Stephenson Water Dept, Stephenson — certified for Bacteria
  • Summit Laboratory, Kentwood — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Tecumseh Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tecumseh — certified for Bacteria
  • Three Rivers Wastewater Treatment Plant, Three Rivers — certified for Bacteria
  • Trace Analytical Laboratories, Inc., Muskegon — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, Standard chemistry
  • Traverse City Water Treatment Plant, Traverse City — certified for Bacteria
  • Turquoise Environmental, Traverse City — certified for PFAS
  • Union Township Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mt. Pleasant — certified for Bacteria
  • Vassar Wastewater Treatment Plant, Vassar — certified for Bacteria
  • Walled Lake - Novi WWTP Lab, Novi — certified for Bacteria
  • Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, Hancock — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite
  • Whiteford Water Treatment Plant, Ottawa Lake — certified for Bacteria
  • Wyandotte Water Plant, Wyandotte — certified for Bacteria
  • Wyoming DKSWTP, Holland — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
  • Your Environmental Services LLC, South Bend — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
  • Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority, Ypsilanti — certified for Bacteria

Pennsylvania (152 labs)

PA-DEP-LAP registry (opens in a new tab)

  • 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 - Erie Division, Erie — 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

Ohio (63 labs)

OH-EPA registry (opens in a new tab)

  • Akron WTP Laboratory, Akron
  • Alliance Technical Group, LLC - Akron (F. Summit), Cuyahoga Falls — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, SOCs, Radiological, PFAS, Standard chemistry
  • ALS Environmental - Cincinnati, Cincinnati — certified for Metals, Lead & copper
  • ALS Environmental - Holland, Holland — certified for PFAS
  • ALS Environmental - Kelso, Kelso — certified for PFAS
  • American Analytical Laboratories, Inc., Akron — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
  • Analytical Services, Inc., Williston
  • Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., Bryn Mawr — certified for Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, PFAS, Standard chemistry
  • Battelle Analytical Chemistry Services, Norwell — certified for PFAS
  • Bryan Water Plant Laboratory, Bryan — certified for Bacteria
  • BSA Environmental Services, Inc., Beachwood
  • Canton Water Laboratory, Canton — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Standard chemistry
  • Cardinal Environmental Lab, LLC, Youngstown — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
  • Celina Water Department Laboratory, Celina — certified for Bacteria
  • CETEC Cleveland Environmental Technology, Inc., Middleburg Heights — certified for Bacteria
  • Cincinnati Miller WTP Laboratory, Cincinnati — certified for Bacteria
  • Circleville WTP Laboratory, Circleville — certified for Bacteria
  • Cleveland Water Compliance Laboratory, Cleveland — certified for Bacteria
  • Coshocton Environmental Testing, LLC, Coshocton — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
  • Dayton Central Water Quality Laboratory, Dayton — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, VOCs, Standard chemistry
  • Eberline Analytical Corporation, Oak Ridge — certified for Radiological
  • Edenridge Laboratory, Ltd. (formerly Holmes Laboratory, Inc.), Millersburg — certified for Bacteria
  • Elyria Water Works Laboratory, Lorain
  • Enthalpy Analytical LLC formerly Vista, El Dorado Hills — certified for PFAS
  • EnviroScience, Stow
  • Eurofins Built Environment Testing East - Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill
  • Eurofins Built Environment Testing East, LLC - Cary, NC, Cary
  • Eurofins Cleveland, Barberton — certified for Bacteria, Nitrate/nitrite, Metals, Lead & copper, Standard chemistry
  • Eurofins Environmental Testing - Sacramento, West Sacramento — certified for PFAS
  • Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Environment Testing, LLC, Lancaster — certified for PFAS
  • Eurofins Pomona, Pomona — certified for PFAS
  • 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Sources (5)
  1. Contact Information for Certification Programs and Certified Laboratories for Drinking Water (opens in a new tab)US Environmental Protection Agency · Retrieved
  2. Laboratory Certification Manual for Drinking Water (opens in a new tab)US Environmental Protection Agency · Retrieved
  3. TNI LAMS: National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Management System (opens in a new tab)The NELAC Institute · Retrieved
  4. Protect Your Home's Water (opens in a new tab)US Environmental Protection Agency · Retrieved
  5. Home Water Testing (EPA 816-F-05-013) (opens in a new tab)US Environmental Protection Agency · Retrieved
  1. Tell us about your water

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