Water system
Jacksonville Village
EPA ID OH0501003 · Athens County · 481 people served · owned by a local government
Jacksonville Village buys its water from Burr Oak Regional Water District.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- Hocking River buried valley aquifer (sand and gravel)
- Active wells
- 6
- Seller serves
- 1,994 people · Athens County
- Seller's EPA ID
- OH0501311
About this area's water
Did you know
- Jacksonville's population peaked around 1,285 in 1910 during the coal-mining era and has fallen to about 400-481 today.
- The village buys its water wholesale from Burr Oak Regional Water District rather than running its own treatment plant; that district's own supply is a mix of six groundwater wells and a surface-water intake from Burr Oak Lake.
- It sits in the Sunday Creek watershed, notorious for acid-mine-drainage-orange water in its lower reaches — a legacy of the same coal industry that built the village.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
History6
- 1879Jacksonville village was laid out by Oliver D. Jackson, for whom it is named, growing up around coal mining along Sunday Creek.
- 1884A Jacksonville post office was established; it continues operating today.
- 1910Jacksonville's population peaked at about 1,285 during the coal-mining era.
- 1997An Ohio EPA study found the lower 13 miles of Sunday Creek 'irretrievably damaged to the extent that no appreciable aquatic life can be supported' by acid mine drainage from historic coal mining, with orange-colored water still visible during low flow.
- 2000-2020EPA's federal records show a recurring string of violations over the yearly water quality report (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2020), not issued in some years and inadequate in others; several are still listed as open years later.
- 2024Two major Stage 2 DBP Rule monitoring/reporting violations covering Q1 2024 were logged and resolved by April 2024; a separate violation for not giving a required public notice, opened May 2025, was also resolved.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Jacksonville buys finished, already-treated water wholesale from Burr Oak Regional Water District (PWSID OH0501311) rather than treating its own, confirmed via EPA SDWIS facility records showing an interconnection labeled 'CC FROM BURR OAK REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT.'
Water quality & impurities1
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile) EPA's record of 4 sampling rounds, 2016 to 2025. Highest 90th-percentile result 1.8 ppb (2022). Each figure sums up a round of taps, not one tap. | 0.3 ppb | 15 (action level) | 2025 |
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0.3 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 2 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 2 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 · Burr Oak Regional Water District (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.7 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
1 violation of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
Supply stress
Jacksonville sits in the Sunday Creek watershed, one of Ohio's most acid-mine-drainage-impacted watersheds from historic coal mining (1997 Ohio EPA study, lower 13 miles).
Source: en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
Sewers
Sanitary
Failing septic systems are a documented widespread problem elsewhere in the Sunday Creek watershed (per Rural Action's Sunday Creek Watershed Group).
Serves
Main water supplier in 1 ZIP code
- 45740 · Jacksonville98% 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
Jacksonville Village buys its water from Burr Oak Regional Water District.
No other system is on record buying water from Jacksonville Village.
What the records show about Jacksonville Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Jacksonville Village as owned by a local government. It has 288 service connections and serves 481 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 740-856-9054.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
Jacksonville Village buys water that Burr Oak Regional Water District treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Burr Oak Regional Water District: aeration, corrosion control, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, fluoridation, ion-exchange softening, 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 Jacksonville Village since 2015.
EPA logs 4 violations of any kind since 2020: 2 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 2 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 November 2026).
Lead and copper at the tap
In the sampling period ending December 2025, the 90th-percentile lead result at Jacksonville Village was 0.3 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.
The highest result on file is 1.8 ppb, in the period ending December 2022.
EPA has 4 sampling periods on file for Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville Village sent EPA, 289 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 33 |
| Not lead | 256 |
| All lines | 289 |
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
The water Jacksonville Village buys is treated by Burr Oak Regional Water District, so the results below are Burr Oak Regional Water District's.
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Burr Oak Regional Water District (latest sample June 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 Burr Oak Regional Water District as sampled, most recently June 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 Jacksonville Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 51 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 54.8 µg/L and the highest single sample was 85.9 µg/L, from 10 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 11.4 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 16.6 µg/L and the highest single sample was 16.6 µg/L, from 10 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 51 µg/L (2019) | 54.8 µg/L | 85.9 µg/L | 10 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 11.4 µg/L | 16.6 µg/L | 16.6 µg/L | 10 |
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 Jacksonville Village buys is treated by Burr Oak Regional Water District, so the results below are Burr Oak Regional Water District's.
Nitrate: the highest of 10 samples was 0.48 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2013; 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 3 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 10 | 0.48 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 3 | 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 Burr Oak Regional Water District.
Solvents and fuels
The water Jacksonville Village buys is treated by Burr Oak Regional Water District, so the results below are Burr Oak Regional Water District'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 9 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | 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 Burr Oak Regional Water District.
Farm chemicals and metals
The water Jacksonville Village buys is treated by Burr Oak Regional Water District, so the results below are Burr Oak Regional Water District's.
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 53.8 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine in 2 samples, alachlor in 2 samples, chromium in 3 samples, cadmium in 3 samples, mercury in 3 samples, selenium in 3 samples, thallium in 3 samples.
| 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 | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 3 | 3 of 3 | 53.8 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | 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 Burr Oak Regional Water District.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 0 of 92 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Jacksonville Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 12 did.
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 Jacksonville Village buys its water from Burr Oak Regional Water District, 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 Burr Oak Regional Water District, which treats the water Jacksonville Village buys.
Measured fluoride: 1 mg/L on average leaving the plants of Burr Oak Regional Water District, which supplies Jacksonville Village, in 2017 (above the 0.7 mg/L level now recommended and well under the 4 mg/L limit); samples ran from 0.92 to 1.04 mg/L across 3 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.
Water and sewer bills
Ohio EPA's 2023 rate survey puts the water bill at Jacksonville Village for a household using 5,000 gallons a month at $1,077 a year, about $90 a month.
| Use | Water, per year | Sewer, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500 gallons a month | $612 | not on file |
| 5,000 gallons a month | $1,077 | not on file |
| 8,000 gallons a month | $1,635 | not on file |
The survey lists it as “Jacksonville”. 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 Jacksonville 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.
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 OH0501003 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
Supply stress: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org