Water system
Flushing Village
EPA ID OH0700912 · Belmont County · 803 people served · owned by a local government
Flushing Village buys its water from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- Alluvial aquifer along the Ohio River, north of Bellaire
- Water bodies
- Ohio River (via alluvial aquifer)
- Active wells
- 1
- Serves
- 26,822 people · Belmont County
- EPA ID
- OH0700412
About this area's water
Did you know
- Flushing was platted in 1813, making it one of the older village sites in Belmont County.
- Its tap water travels from an aquifer well field near the Ohio River north of Bellaire rather than from any source within the village itself.
- Population peaked in 1980 at 1,266 residents (not 1940 as previously stated) and had fallen to 830 by 2020.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
History5
- 1813The town site of Flushing was platted.
- 1849Flushing was incorporated as a village.
- 1980CORRECTED: Village population peaked at 1,266 residents (Wikipedia's full census table shows 1980, not 1940, as the actual high point; 1940 was 1,217).
- 2020Census recorded 830 residents, down about a third from the 1980 peak (2023 estimate 807).
- 2024-2025EPA's record shows an open violation, not health-based, on Flushing's own system since August 15, 2024: a required public notice of an earlier violation was not given.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Flushing has no treatment plant of its own (its own wells and WTP were deactivated 2005-2007); it buys finished water via an active interconnect from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 (PWSID OH0700412), a groundwater system serving about 26,800 people from a well field and 'Belmont County WTP,' with…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Water pressure
Not published; no pressure-zone or tank-elevation data found for the village system.
What it costs
We found no published current residential rate for Flushing or Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
Water quality & impurities6
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Disinfection byproduct; within federal limit. Figure traceable to EWG Tap Water Database (site returned 403 on re-check… | 41.7 ppb | 80 | 2021-202… |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Within federal limit; same sourcing caveat as TTHM above. | 14.7 ppb | 60 | 2021-202… |
| Nitrate From supplying utility (Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3); well below limit. | 0.623 ppm | 10 | 2021-202… |
| Radium, combined (-226/-228) From supplying utility; within limit. | 0.67 pCi/L | 5 | 2018-202… |
| Chromium (hexavalent) Unregulated contaminant monitoring, from supplying utility. | 0.593 ppb | no federal limit | 2021-202… |
| Public notice of a violation Open since 8/15/2024 on Flushing's own system: EPA's record says a required public notice of an earlier violation was not given. Not health-based. | N/A violation | N/A | 2024-pre… |
Source: ewg.orgdata.epa.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 6.3 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
10 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 6 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 4 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 · Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2026 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Lead and Copper Rule Revisions · lead service line inventory missing or incomplete (a records requirement, not a lead test result) · returned to compliance
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 1 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); 1 health-based.
Supply stress
Not source-stressed in the drought/depletion sense: relies on a purchased Ohio River valley aquifer supply via Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 rather than a standalone well or surface intake. Disinfection byproducts (TTHM, HAA5) are present but within legal limits. The one open compliance issue found is administrative (a CCR-type…
Source: data.epa.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
The village's water supplier (Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3) is part of the county sanitary engineer's office, which also runs county sewer districts; we found no dedicated Flushing sewer plant or consent decree.
Storm
Not published.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Main supplier in 2 ZIP codes
Serves
Main water supplier in 3 ZIP codes
- 43951 · Union Township and Lafferty59% of residents
- 43977 · Flushing47% of residents
- 43983 · Flushing Township and Piedmont5% 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
Flushing Village buys its water from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
No other system is on record buying water from Flushing Village.
What the records show about Flushing Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Flushing Village as owned by a local government. It has 559 service connections and serves 803 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 740-968-4559.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
Flushing Village buys water that Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3: corrosion control, chlorine disinfection, 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 Flushing Village since 2015.
EPA logs 10 violations of any kind since 2020: 6 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 4 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 Flushing Village was 6.3 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.
EPA has 7 sampling periods on file for Flushing Village since 2016, the first ending in 2018; 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 Flushing Village sent EPA, 623 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 0 |
| Not lead | 623 |
| All lines | 623 |
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 Flushing Village buys is treated by Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, so the results below are Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3's.
EPA's fifth national round of testing (UCMR 5) took 3 samples of the water entering the pipes of Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 in 2023 and measured 29 PFAS. No PFAS was detected, PFOA and PFOS (federal limit 4 ng/L each) among them.
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 (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 2 plants of Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 as sampled, most recently February 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 Flushing Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 39.5 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 75.2 µg/L and the highest single sample was 92.9 µg/L, from 38 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 2.9 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 10.6 µg/L and the highest single sample was 21.1 µg/L, from 37 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 39.5 µg/L (2019) | 75.2 µg/L | 92.9 µg/L | 38 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 2.9 µg/L | 10.6 µg/L | 21.1 µg/L | 37 |
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 Flushing Village buys is treated by Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, so the results below are Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3's.
Nitrate: the highest of 7 samples was 1.86 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2017; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 1.03 mg/L. 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) | 7 | 1.86 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 of Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
Solvents and fuels
The water Flushing Village buys is treated by Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, so the results below are Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3'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 6 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 6 | 0 of 6 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 6 | 0 of 6 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 6 | 0 of 6 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 6 | 0 of 6 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 6 | 0 of 6 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 6 | 0 of 6 | 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 Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
Farm chemicals and metals
The water Flushing Village buys is treated by Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, so the results below are Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3's.
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 1 of 2 samples, highest 23.5 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 | 1 of 2 | 23.5 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 of Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 0 of 120 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Flushing 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 Flushing Village buys its water from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, 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 Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, which treats the water Flushing Village buys.
Measured fluoride: 1 mg/L on average leaving the plants of Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, which supplies Flushing Village, in 2017 (in the range dentists aim for); samples ran from 0.98 to 1 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.
Lithium
Lithium was not detected in 2 UCMR 5 samples at Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3, which supplies Flushing Village, last sampled in 2023 (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.
Water and sewer bills
Ohio EPA's 2023 rate survey puts the water bill at Flushing Village for a household using 5,000 gallons a month at $819 a year, about $68 a month.
The sewer bill in the same survey is $474 a year at 5,000 gallons a month.
| Use | Water, per year | Sewer, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500 gallons a month | $468 | $420 |
| 5,000 gallons a month | $819 | $474 |
| 8,000 gallons a month | $1,521 | $582 |
The survey lists it as “Flushing”. 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 Flushing 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 — 3 ZIP codes 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 OH0700912 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov
Water quality: ewg.org, data.epa.gov
Treatment: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Supply stress: data.epa.gov
