Water system
Beaverdam Village
EPA ID OH0200012 · Allen County · 319 people served · owned by a local government
Beaverdam Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 319 people · Allen County
- EPA ID
- OH0200012
About this area's water
Did you know
- Beaverdam sits at the historic junction of the Lincoln Highway and Dixie Highway (begun 1914) and today hosts three major truck stops where I-75 meets US-30.
- The village's population fell from a peak of 525 in 1970 to 319 by 2020, about a 16.5% drop just from 2010 (382) to 2020.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
History4
- 1853Village laid out, named for beaver dams near the original town site.
- 1878Village incorporated.
- 1914Lincoln Highway and Dixie Highway, which intersect in the village, were established.
- 2006I-75 exit ramps and overpass near the village were widened for truck traffic; the same year its post office (open since 1850 as "Beaver Dam") closed.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Drinking water is drawn from 3 wells on village-owned property. The raw water is chlorinated for disinfection and passed through media filters to reduce iron and manganese before entering the distribution system. Ohio EPA's source-water susceptibility analysis rates the aquifer 'low susceptibility…
Source: beaverdamoh.com
Water pressure
Not published; no distribution-system pressure figures found in the village's CCR or on its website.
What it costs
No water or sewer rate schedule could be retrieved. The village's utility-information page links to 'Ordinance 2024-28, Utility Rates,' but that PDF returns a 404 on the village's…
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barium No violation. Typical source: discharge of drilling wastes/metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits. | 0.028 ppm | 2 ppm (MCL) | 2020 |
| Fluoride No violation. Typical source: erosion of natural deposits; water additive; fertilizer/aluminum factory discharge. | 1.39 ppm | 4.0 ppm (MCL) | 2020 |
| Total chlorine No violation; range of detections 1.2-1.3 ppm. Disinfectant residual. | 1.3 ppm | 4 ppm (MRDL) | 2022 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) No violation; range of detections 43-76.4 ppb. Disinfection byproduct. | 60 ppb | 80 ppb (MCL) | 2022 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) No violation; range of detections 11.5-18.1 ppb. Disinfection byproduct. | 18 ppb | 60 ppb (MCL) | 2022 |
| Copper 0 of 5 sites over the action level. No violation. | 0.235 ppm (90th… | 1.3 ppm (Action… | 2022 |
| Lead 0 of 5 sites over the action level. No violation. | 3.2 ppb (90th… | 15 ppb (Action… | 2022 |
Source: beaverdamoh.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.8 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
Supply stress
No published data on well-field capacity or drawdown relative to the heavy commercial/truck-stop water demand at the I-75/US-30 interchange. Ohio EPA's 2022 source-water assessment found the wellfield's bedrock aquifer has 'low susceptibility to contamination' due to a 32-37 ft confining silt-and-clay layer, but this is a…
Source: beaverdamoh.com
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Main supplier in 1 ZIP code
Serves
Main water supplier in 1 ZIP code
- 45808 · Beaverdam90% of residents
Population-weighted resident shares; a ZIP code can have more than one system on record. Recomputed from each ZIP's own system list, not from the map's cached footprint.
Buys from · Sells to
Beaverdam Village does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from Beaverdam Village.
What the records show about Beaverdam Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Beaverdam Village as owned by a local government. It has 170 service connections and serves 319 people.
EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.
EPA's record says it has substantially implemented source water protection under Ohio's program, dating the program from 2025. Its office telephone on EPA's record is 419-643-4231.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Beaverdam Village: aeration, chlorine disinfection, and sand or media filtration.
The list is what each system registered with EPA for treatment plants EPA still shows as active, and it can lag a plant upgrade.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) treatment table (EPA Envirofacts, pulled September 2026).
Violations
EPA's record shows no health-based violations for Beaverdam Village since 2015.
EPA logs no violations of any kind for Beaverdam Village since 2020.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) violation records: health-based violations with compliance periods beginning in 2015 or later, all violations from 2020 or later (EPA Envirofacts, pulled September 2026).
Lead and copper at the tap
In the sampling period ending December 2025, the 90th-percentile lead result at Beaverdam Village was 1.8 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.
The highest result on file is 8 ppb, in the period ending December 2023.
EPA has 6 sampling periods on file for Beaverdam Village since 2016, the first ending in 2016; no period was above 10 ppb.
Every water system has to inventory its service lines, the pipes from the main to each building. In the inventory Beaverdam Village sent EPA, 159 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 0 |
| Not lead | 159 |
| All lines | 159 |
Systems sample taps in the homes most likely to have lead pipes or solder. The 90th-percentile result is the level nine in ten of the sampled homes were at or below. Lead comes mostly from service lines and house plumbing, not the source water, so a low result for the system does not clear an old house.
EPA's dashboard status for this inventory: reported all required service line types.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) lead and copper 90th-percentile results (EPA Envirofacts), sampling periods ending 2016 or later; EPA's service line inventory dashboard, Ohio's 2026 Q2 submission.
PFAS
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Beaverdam Village (latest sample September 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
Ohio EPA's current sampling status map lists 1 plant of Beaverdam Village as sampled, most recently May 2026.
PFAS are the 'forever chemicals' from firefighting foam, plating shops and non-stick coatings. Results are for water leaving the plant, not your tap.
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026); Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling, 2019 to 2021, and its sampling status map.
Disinfection byproducts
Chlorine that disinfects water also reacts with organic matter to form byproducts. Two groups have federal limits: total trihalomethanes (TTHM, 80 µg/L) and five haloacetic acids (HAA5, 60 µg/L), judged on running yearly averages at each sampling site.
For TTHM, the average of Beaverdam Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 38.2 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 77 µg/L and the highest single sample was 107.7 µg/L, from 15 samples taken from 2013 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 8.7 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 41.6 µg/L and the highest single sample was 41.6 µg/L, from 15 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 38.2 µg/L (2019) | 77 µg/L | 107.7 µg/L | 15 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 8.7 µg/L | 41.6 µg/L | 41.6 µg/L | 15 |
A yearly average of 0 means nothing was detected in that year's samples. EPA's file stops at 2019; Ohio EPA's Drinking Water Watch has newer results.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, distribution-system samples (non-detects counted as zero).
Nitrate, arsenic and radioactivity
Nitrate: the highest of 8 samples was 0.18 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2012; in 2019, the last year sampled, nitrate was not detected. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic was not detected in 2 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 8 | 0.18 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 2 | not detected | 10 µg/L | 0 |
Measured in finished water: at the plant's entry points and in the distribution system; raw well and intake samples are left out. Non-detects count as zero.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Solvents and fuels
EPA's file holds results for all six solvent and fuel compounds it checked. Benzene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and vinyl chloride were not detected in 2 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
"Not detected" means the lab's result was below what its method can measure, not that the compound is absent. Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Farm chemicals and metals
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 2 of 2 samples, highest 30 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, chromium, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and thallium, in 2 samples each.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 2 | 2 of 2 | 30 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 1 of 100 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Beaverdam Village tested positive (1%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 12 did. E. coli was never found in the 1 sample tested for it.
A positive coliform test is a warning sign, not a violation by itself. E. coli is a sign that human or animal waste may have reached the water. Coliform counts are routine samples only; E. coli counts include repeat samples.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, distribution-system presence/absence tests for total coliform and E. coli.
Fluoride
The Ohio Department of Health's report to the CDC (My Water's Fluoride) says Beaverdam Village has fluoride from natural sources at a level higher than what is needed to prevent tooth decay. The level it reports is 1.51 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Beaverdam Village.
Measured fluoride: 1.32 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2017 (above the target); samples ran from 1.32 to 1.49 mg/L across 2 samples in 2012 to 2019.
The recommended level for preventing tooth decay is 0.7 mg/L; the federal limit is 4 mg/L. The treatment list is what each system registered with EPA and can lag a plant upgrade.
Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched September 2026); EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) treatment table; EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, entry-point fluoride samples.
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of Beaverdam Village with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Source: EPA Service Area Boundaries; resident estimate by this atlas from ZIP-code overlap.
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On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 1 ZIP code in all.
Sources
U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State, May 2025) for household bills; Ohio EPA DEFA loan awards since 2016 for the loans paragraph · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH0200012 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org
Water quality: beaverdamoh.com
Treatment: beaverdamoh.com
Supply stress: beaverdamoh.com
