PFAS, without the scare language
Columbus has tested for PFAS since 2019. The city reports low-level detections near the detection limit and says its plants would meet the federal standards as described in its materials. That is not a claim that PFAS is absent, and it is not a claim that tap water is unsafe.
A drinking-water system certified for PFAS reduction is the equipment conversation. A softener does not remove PFAS. Ohio EPA’s statewide sampling and the Circleville and Columbus treatment grants are linked from this page’s sources. Private wells are a separate lab question.
Questions people ask
Are there PFAS in Columbus water?
Columbus reports low-level detections near detection limits and says results would meet the federal standards described in its materials. There is no basis on this site for saying the water is unsafe.
Does a water softener remove PFAS?
No. PFAS reduction is a certified carbon or reverse osmosis question, not a softener question.