Water system
Elida Village
EPA ID OH0200503 · Allen County · 4,109 people served · owned by a local government
Elida Village buys its water from Lima City.
The system's record
- Water bodies
- Auglaize River, Ottawa River, Bresler Lake Reservoir, Williams Reservoir, Ferguson Reservoir, Metzger Lake Reservoir
- Raw intakes
- Ferguson Lake Reservoir
Bresler Reservoir
Auglaize River
Lost Creek Reservoir
Ottawa River
Twin Lakes Reservoir - Serves
- 65,619 people · Allen County
- EPA ID
- OH0200811
About this area's water
Did you know
- The water in Elida's taps is stored before it is treated: Lima banks it in five upground reservoirs holding roughly 14 to 15 billion gallons, filled by pumping from the Ottawa and Auglaize Rivers instead of drawing…
- Lima's newest reservoir, Williams (2012, 5.2 billion gallons), holds more water on its own than the three original East Side reservoirs - Lost Creek, Metzger and Ferguson - put together (about 4.29 billion gallons).
- Before it reaches Elida, the water passes a bank of ten rapid sand filters packed with anthracite coal, sand and support gravel, plus four granular activated carbon filters - and then Elida aerates and re-chlorinates it…
History6
- 1918Lost Creek reservoir (893 million gallons) built as the first of Lima's East Side upground reservoirs, fed from the Ottawa River - the complex that now supplies Elida's purchased water.
- 1946Metzger reservoir (1.2 billion gallons) added to Lima's East Side reservoir complex.
- 1958Ferguson reservoir (2.2 billion gallons) completed, finishing the East Side complex.
- 1970Bresler reservoir (4.92 billion gallons) built on Lima's West Side system, fed from the Auglaize River.
- 2012Williams reservoir (5.2 billion gallons), Lima's largest, completed on the West Side complex.
- 2022Elida reported as a recipient of Ohio state financing for wastewater system improvements (July 2022), indicating Elida operates its own wastewater system rather than being folded into Lima's.
Source: limaohio.govnews.google.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Elida treats no raw water. SDWIS lists the facility 'CC FROM LIMA CITY' - a permanent consecutive connection buying filtered surface water from the City of Lima (PWSID OH0200811) - feeding an elevated tank, high-service pumps and Elida's distribution system. Elida does add its own treatment on the…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.govlimaohio.gov
Water pressure
Not published. No distribution pressure figure was found for Elida or for Lima's delivery to it.
What it costs
We found no published rate schedule and no working Village of Elida website.
Water quality & impurities
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
3 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 2 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
EPA compliance record · Lima City (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2026 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · above the legal limit on average · measured 0.087 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance
- 2022Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · above the legal limit on average · measured 0.086 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance
- 2016Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule · turbidity above the limit in a single reading · returned to compliance
2 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 2 health-based.
Supply stress
Elida's supply rests entirely on Lima's off-stream storage: five upground reservoirs filled by pumping from the Ottawa and Auglaize Rivers rather than by direct continuous river withdrawal, with Lima's own pages giving a total of 15 billion gallons on its water supply page and about 14.3 billion gallons on its treatment process page.…
Sewers
Sanitary
Elida appears to run its own wastewater system rather than discharging into Lima's: it was reported in July 2022 as receiving Ohio state financing for wastewater improvements. We found no published Elida sewer rate schedule, plant capacity or outfall detail.
Storm
Not published for Elida. Combined-sewer-overflow facts previously listed here belong to the City of Lima and were removed.
Source: news.google.comlimaohio.gov
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
- 45807 · American Township and Lima33% 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
Elida Village buys its water from Lima City.
No other system is on record buying water from Elida Village.
What the records show about Elida Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Elida Village as owned by a local government. It has 1,684 service connections and serves 4,109 people.
EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.
Its office telephone on EPA's record is 419-339-2811.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
Elida Village buys water that Lima City treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Lima City: corrosion control, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, fluoridation, granular activated carbon, lime softening, powdered activated carbon, and sand or media filtration.
Elida Village itself also registers: aeration.
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 Elida Village since 2015.
EPA logs 3 violations of any kind since 2020: 2 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
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 Elida Village was 0 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027. A result of 0 means at least nine in ten of the homes sampled had no lead detected.
EPA has 10 sampling periods on file for Elida Village since 2016, the first ending in 2017; 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 Elida Village sent EPA, 1,536 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 0 |
| Not lead | 1,536 |
| All lines | 1,536 |
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
EPA's fifth national round of testing (UCMR 5) took 4 samples of the water entering the pipes of Elida Village in 2025 and measured 29 PFAS.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected, against a federal limit of 4 ng/L each.
The highest PFAS results were PFPeA 4.6 ng/L, PFHpA 3.3 ng/L, and PFHxA 3.2 ng/L.
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Lima City (latest sample September 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
| Compound | Highest result | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| PFOA | not detected | 4 ng/L |
| PFOS | not detected | 4 ng/L |
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 Elida Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 48.2 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 79.4 µg/L and the highest single sample was 115.3 µg/L, from 64 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 20.8 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 24.9 µg/L and the highest single sample was 37.8 µg/L, from 64 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 48.2 µg/L (2019) | 79.4 µg/L | 115.3 µg/L | 64 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 20.8 µg/L | 24.9 µg/L | 37.8 µg/L | 64 |
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
The water Elida Village buys is treated by Lima City, so the results below are Lima City's.
Nitrate: the highest of 96 samples was 3.41 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2017; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 1.21 mg/L. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic was not detected in 8 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 96 | 3.41 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 8 | 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 of Lima City.
Solvents and fuels
The water Elida Village buys is treated by Lima City, so the results below are Lima City's.
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 8 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | 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 of Lima City.
Farm chemicals and metals
The water Elida Village buys is treated by Lima City, so the results below are Lima City's.
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: atrazine in 6 of 22 samples, highest 1 µg/L (limit 3). Not detected: alachlor in 22 samples, chromium in 8 samples, cadmium in 8 samples, barium in 8 samples, mercury in 8 samples, selenium in 8 samples, thallium in 8 samples.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 22 | 6 of 22 | 1 µg/L | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 22 | 0 of 22 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | 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 of Lima City.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 1 of 489 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Elida Village tested positive (0.2%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 69 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 Elida Village buys its water from Lima City, a system that adjusts the fluoride level to the recommended level for preventing tooth decay.
EPA's treatment table lists fluoridation among the steps at Lima City, which treats the water Elida Village buys.
Measured fluoride: 0.89 mg/L on average leaving the plants of Lima City, which supplies Elida Village, in 2019 (in the range dentists aim for); samples ran from 0.84 to 1.06 mg/L across 8 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.
Lithium
Lithium was not detected in 4 UCMR 5 samples at Elida Village, last sampled in 2025 (the method reports from 9 µg/L).
Lithium is not regulated. EPA's draft health reference level is 10 µg/L, and it occurs naturally in deep groundwater, so well systems in the northwest run highest.
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026), samples from 2023 to 2025.
Algal toxins
The water Elida Village buys is treated by Lima City, so the results below are Lima City's.
Ohio EPA tests for microcystin, a toxin that harmful algal blooms can release, in raw water at the intake and in treated water.
At the intake, microcystin was detected 94 times in 282 raw-water samples, across 7 bloom seasons (2017 to 2026); the highest raw-water result was 7.461 µg/L on May 10, 2018. The highest raw-water result since 2024 was 4.92 µg/L.
Microcystin was never detected in treated water (273 samples).
In all, 555 samples from 2016 to 2026, the latest on August 13, 2026.
| Water | Samples | Detections | Highest result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw water, at the intake | 282 | 94 | 7.461 µg/L |
| Treated water | 273 | 0 | not detected |
The ten-day advisory levels for treated water are 0.3 µg/L for children under six and 1.6 µg/L for everyone else. Any detection at the intake triggers more frequent testing until two clean weeks.
Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring, 2016 to present (HAB data, fetched September 2026).
Water and sewer bills
Ohio EPA's 2023 rate survey puts the water bill at Elida Village for a household using 5,000 gallons a month at $769 a year, about $64 a month.
The sewer bill in the same survey is $369 a year at 5,000 gallons a month.
| Use | Water, per year | Sewer, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500 gallons a month | $521 | $216 |
| 5,000 gallons a month | $769 | $369 |
| 8,000 gallons a month | $965 | $964 |
The survey lists it as “Elida”. These are inside-city rates and annual bills at the use shown.
Source: Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State University, May 2025).
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of Elida Village with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Counting the people who live in the ZIP codes it overlaps, this atlas estimates 3,918 residents are inside the boundary, 95% of the 4,109 people Elida Village reports serving.
The resident count is an estimate from 2020 Census ZIP-code populations, not a count of customers.
Source: EPA Service Area Boundaries; resident estimate by this atlas from ZIP-code overlap.
Photograph
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 OH0200503 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: limaohio.gov, limaohio.gov, data.epa.gov
History: limaohio.gov, news.google.com
Sewers: news.google.com, limaohio.gov
Treatment: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov, limaohio.gov, limaohio.gov
Supply stress: limaohio.gov, limaohio.gov, data.epa.gov
