Water in Heath
The 2020 census counted 10,412 people in Heath, in Licking County. It is about 30 miles from downtown Columbus.
Drinking water in Heath comes from City of Heath Water Department (own plant, Dorsey Mill Rd). Groundwater: four well fields (Hoback Park/Dorsey Mill Rd, Irving Wick Dr) in a buried-valley sand & gravel aquifer 150-200 ft deep paralleling the South Fork Licking River; aeration, lime/alum softening, recarbonation, sand filtration. CCR: 'softened to 145 mg/l making home water softeners unnecessary.'
City of Heath Water Department (own plant, Dorsey Mill Rd) publishes a hardness figure for this supply: 145 mg/L (~8.5 gpg) after city softening (2025 CCR).
ZIP codes on file for Heath are 43056.
Whole house water filtration here
Heath's 2025 consumer confidence report says the city softens its water to 145 mg/L and that home water softeners are unnecessary. We do not pitch a softener as the default in Heath. Whole-house filtration and reverse osmosis are the useful questions: taste and drinking water, not hardness the plant already lowered.
Nearby cities
Newark is 4.5 miles from Heath, in Licking County. Water there is City of Newark Division of Water & Wastewater (own plant). Published hardness: ~7 gpg (119 mg/L).
Pataskala is 15 miles from Heath, in Licking County. We have not confirmed Pataskala's public supplier, so that page does not state one.
Reynoldsburg is 19 miles from Heath, 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.
Pickerington is 20 miles from Heath, in Franklin County. Water there is City of Pickerington (own plant); explicitly NOT served by Columbus.
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Questions people ask
Who supplies drinking water in Heath?
City of Heath Water Department (own plant, Dorsey Mill Rd). Heath softens at the plant to 145 mg/L and says home softeners are unnecessary.
Is the water in Heath hard?
145 mg/L (~8.5 gpg) after city softening (2025 CCR). 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 Heath different from Newark?
Newark is 4.5 miles from Heath, in Licking County. Water there is City of Newark Division of Water & Wastewater (own plant). Published hardness: ~7 gpg (119 mg/L).
Which ZIP codes does the Heath page cover?
43056. Those come from a named place source, not a guessed centroid. Houses just outside the city limits may be on a different supplier.