Water in Bexley
The 2020 census counted 13,928 people in Bexley, in Franklin County. It is about 4.0 miles from downtown Columbus.
Bexley is supplied by Columbus Water & Power as a contract community. Columbus treats Scioto River and Big Walnut Creek surface water, and Scioto Valley groundwater at the Parsons Avenue plant. The 2025 report lists finished-water hardness of 5.7–7.3 grains per gallon by plant (98–125 mg/L) and a system summary of 115 mg/L. The city does not publish which plant feeds a single Bexley address, so that range is the number we use, and we still test at the house. Columbus Water & Power says a home filter is not required to make the water safe to drink. On this supply, a softener or filter is a choice about taste, odor, scale, and how appliances wear, not a safety fix.
City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community publishes a hardness figure for this supply: 5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L.
ZIP codes on file for Bexley are 43209.
Reverse osmosis installation here
Reverse osmosis in Bexley belongs at the kitchen sink, for cooking and drinking. It is not a whole-house softener. A unit should be certified for the reductions you actually want. On Columbus water, the 2025 report shows higher sodium and sulfate at the Parsons Avenue plant and higher nitrate at Dublin Road, before the city's nitrate removal process. Those are drinking-water details, and the city does not pin them to one Bexley street.
Nearby cities
Whitehall is 3.2 miles from Bexley, in Franklin County. Water there is City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community. Published hardness: 5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L.
Gahanna is 5.1 miles from Bexley, in Franklin County. Water there is City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community. Published hardness: 5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L.
Upper Arlington is 7.7 miles from Bexley, in Franklin County. Water there is City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community. Published hardness: 5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L.
Reynoldsburg is 8.1 miles from Bexley, in Franklin County. Water there is City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community. Published hardness: 5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L.
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Questions people ask
Who supplies drinking water in Bexley?
City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community. City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community publishes a hardness figure for this supply: 5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L.
Is the water in Bexley hard?
5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L. That is the published figure, in the units the utility used. Spots on glass and scale in a water heater are the household signs. The test confirms the number at the address.
How is Bexley different from Whitehall?
Whitehall is 3.2 miles from Bexley, in Franklin County. Water there is City of Columbus water (Columbus Water & Power) - listed contract community. Published hardness: 5.7-7.3 gpg (98-125 mg/L) 2025 annual avg by plant; system avg 115 mg/L.
Which ZIP codes does the Bexley page cover?
43209. Those come from a named place source, not a guessed centroid. Houses just outside the city limits may be on a different supplier.