Water system
Holloway Public Water System
EPA ID OH0701112 · Belmont County · 360 people served
Holloway Public Water System treats its own water from Groundwater wells (2 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 2
- Serves
- 360 people · Belmont County
- EPA ID
- OH0701112
About this area's water
Did you know
- Despite serving only about 360 people through 136 connections, Holloway's water plant runs a full multi-barrier treatment train — permanganate oxidation, sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, and packed-tower aeration —…
- EPA's SDWIS database lists Holloway's water system as privately owned and operated out of a single named contact rather than a conventional village utility office.
- One of the system's two water storage tanks has sat inactive since 2017, and EPA compliance records for the system stretch back to a 1997 violation for not carrying out public education about lead.
History6
- 1997EPA SDWIS records a health-based Lead and Copper Rule violation (public education about lead not carried out) opened January 1997, resolved February 1998 — the earliest entry on file for this system.
- 2016-2018Two major violations for missed disinfection byproduct testing (TTHM and HAA5) opened October 2016 were not returned to compliance until September 2018, per EPA SDWIS.
- 2018-2022Violations for an inadequate yearly water quality report were opened in September 2018, February 2020, January 2021 and January 2022, along with one in November 2018 for not giving a required public notice; all remain listed as outstanding in EPA records.
- 2022-2023Violations for missed routine coliform testing opened October 2022 through January 2023 were resolved by March 2023; a separate violation for not issuing the yearly water quality report, from July 2022, was resolved that November.
- 2024Ohio EPA opened a lead service line inventory violation, which EPA counts as health-based though it is a records requirement and not a lead test result, plus a related reporting violation on October 17, 2024; EPA shows both returned to compliance January 26, 2026.
- 2025A further violation for an inadequate yearly water quality report was opened October 29, 2025 and remains outstanding, per EPA SDWIS.
Source: data.epa.gov
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from two wells (Well 0001, Well 0002) is treated at the Holloway WTP with a multi-barrier process — permanganate oxidation, sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, and packed-tower aeration — followed by post-treatment hypochlorination (chlorination) before entering the distribution…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Water pressure
Not published — no pressure-zone or engineering data found for this system in EPA SDWIS or elsewhere.
What it costs
Current residential water rate not published in any source found. EPA SDWIS lists the system's ownership as 'private' with a single named contact (Anita Schaeffer, 309 Ashton St.…
Water quality & impurities
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (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
14 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 5 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 8 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
This is a small 2-well groundwater system serving about 360 people through 136 connections in rural Belmont County; one of its two storage tanks (Tank 001) has been inactive since June 2017, leaving a single active tank and limited redundancy typical of a system this size.
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Sewers
Storm
Not published.
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
- 43985 · Holloway100% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 43977 · Flushing3% 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
Holloway Public Water System does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from Holloway Public Water System.
What the records show about Holloway Public Water System
Who runs it
EPA's record says Holloway Public Water System has 136 service connections and serves 360 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 740-433-5074.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Holloway Public Water System: aeration, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, 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 counts 1 health-based violation for Holloway Public Water System since 2015. Health-based means a contaminant above its legal limit or a required treatment step not carried out. It falls into 1 separate problem (one contaminant or rule in one year); the table lists it.
EPA logs 14 violations of any kind since 2020: 5 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 8 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.
| Year | Contaminant or rule | Kind | Measured | Limit | Status in EPA's record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lead and Copper Rule Revisions | lead service line inventory missing or incomplete (a records requirement, not a lead test result) | not on file | not on file | returned to compliance |
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 Holloway Public Water System 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.
The highest result on file is 3.7 ppb, in the period ending December 2019.
EPA has 9 sampling periods on file for Holloway Public Water System 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 Holloway Public Water System sent EPA, 120 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 2 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 32 |
| Unknown material | 5 |
| Not lead | 81 |
| All lines | 120 |
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 Holloway Public Water System (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 Holloway Public Water System 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 Holloway Public Water System's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 1.4 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 28.1 µg/L and the highest single sample was 28.1 µg/L, from 7 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 0 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 21 µg/L and the highest single sample was 21 µg/L, from 7 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 1.4 µg/L (2019) | 28.1 µg/L | 28.1 µg/L | 7 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 21 µg/L | 21 µg/L | 7 |
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 0.66 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2015; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 0.42 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) | 8 | 0.66 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: cadmium in 1 of 2 samples, highest 1 µg/L (limit 5); barium in 2 of 2 samples, highest 200 µg/L (limit 2,000); selenium in 1 of 2 samples, highest 1 µg/L (limit 50). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, chromium, mercury, 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 | 1 of 2 | 1 µg/L | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 2 | 2 of 2 | 200 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 2 | 1 of 2 | 1 µg/L | 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, 2 of 96 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Holloway Public Water System tested positive (2.08%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 12 did. E. coli was never found in the 8 samples 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 Holloway Public Water System has fluoride from natural sources, but at a level below what is recommended for preventing tooth decay, and does not adjust it. The level it reports is 0.31 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Holloway Public Water System.
Measured fluoride: none was detected in 2 samples at the plant's entry points 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 Holloway Public Water System 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 — 2 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 OH0701112 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
History: data.epa.gov
Treatment: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Supply stress: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
