Water system
Morristown Public Water System
EPA ID OH0701303 · Belmont County · 315 people served
Morristown Public Water System 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
Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 sources from a shallow, high-susceptibility well/aquifer north of Bellaire tied to the Ohio River valley.
About this area's water
Did you know
- Morristown's Main Street follows the alignment of the original US 40 (the National Road), and the village sits about half a mile north of Interstate 70.
- At a population served of 315 across 135 service connections (EPA SDWIS), Morristown has no treatment plant of its own — it is entirely a wholesale customer of Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
History3
- 1802Settlement established in Union Township, Belmont County; later named for pioneer settler Duncan Morrison.
- 1807Village post office established.
- 1980The Morristown Historic District (several downtown blocks along the original US 40/National Road) added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Morristown does not treat its own water. Per EPA SDWIS/Envirofacts, it is served by Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 (PWSID OH0700412), a countywide groundwater system whose facility list includes a named 'Morristown' service point, multiple wells (e.g., 'Belmont Co. San. Dist. 3 Well 0001'), and…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Water pressure
Not published; no source found.
What it costs
No rate schedule for Morristown or for Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 could be located online (the county engineer's site covers roads/bridges only, and no county…
Water quality & impurities
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
6 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 6 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
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 (lead) · treatment technique violation · returned to compliance
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Not confirmed from a source describing well-field capacity. As a small purchaser, Morristown's supply is entirely dependent on Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3's wellfield and infrastructure. EPA SDWIS violation records show Morristown has had several non-health-based monitoring/reporting violations between 2002 and 2021 (e.g., missing…
Source: data.epa.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Not confirmed from a source.
Storm
Not confirmed from a source.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources. Little is published about this system, so details are thin.
Main supplier in 1 ZIP code
Serves
Main water supplier in 1 ZIP code
- 43759 · Morristown100% of residents
Also present in 2 more ZIP codes
- 43718 · Union Township and Belmont4% of residents
- 43719 · Bethesda2% 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
Morristown Public Water System buys its water from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3.
No other system is on record buying water from Morristown Public Water System.
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
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov
History: en.wikipedia.org
Treatment: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Supply stress: data.epa.gov