Water system
Bethel Village
EPA ID OH1300116 · Clermont County · 2,620 people served · owned by a local government
Bethel Village buys its water from Tate-monroe Water Association.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- Ohio River valley aquifer
- Water bodies
- Ohio River (aquifer recharge source)
- Active wells
- 12
- Serves
- 24,092 people · Clermont County
- EPA ID
- OH1301312
Tate-Monroe Water Association operates 11 vertical wells and 1 Ranney-type collector well along the Ohio River near Clermontville/Moscow, drawing from the Ohio River valley alluvial aquifer (groundwater under the influence of the river).
About this area's water Tate-monroe Water Association
Did you know
- Built in 1969-1970 with 179 miles of pipe, Tate Monroe was then the largest private water system in Ohio; it has since grown to about 418 miles of main serving over 9,000 customers across eight townships.
- Its wells sit right beside the Ohio River at Clermontville and Moscow - eleven vertical wells plus one collector well - so the supply is effectively river water filtered through the riverbank aquifer.
- It is a member-owned nonprofit rather than a city utility: customers pay a $10 membership fee, the board meets the second Tuesday of every month, and any member can call and ask to be put on the agenda.
- Sixteen pressure-reducing stations and two booster stations are needed to manage the hills of southern Clermont County, backed by about 4.95 million gallons of storage.
- The association reports no lead, no galvanized-requiring-replacement and no unknown-material service lines anywhere in its distribution system - unusual for a system of this age.
History4
- 1969-1970Tate Monroe Water Assn., Inc. constructed with 179 miles of water main; at that time the largest private water system in Ohio.
- c. 2005Within thirty-five years the system had doubled to 358 miles of main across eight townships, serving over 8,500 customers.
- 2024Service line inventory completed: no lead, no galvanized-requiring-replacement and no unknown-material service lines anywhere in the distribution system, established from construction and plumbing…
- 2026New rate schedule effective July 1, 2026: $30.28 bi-monthly minimum on a 5/8" meter, water usage $7.57 per 1,000 gallons, and $7.21 per 1,000 gallons for usage over the minimum charge.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from the Ohio River Valley aquifer: eleven vertical wells and one collector well sited along the Ohio River at Clermontville and near Moscow. Water is treated at two plants - Idlett Hill Treatment Plant (2120 Idlett Hill Road, New Richmond) and Freedom Crossing Treatment Plant (1865 US…
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Water pressure
Not published - no psi figure appears on the association's site or in its water quality report. The system does report two booster pumping stations and sixteen pressure-reducing…
Source: tatemonroe.com
What it costs
$7.57 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $30 a month for water.
From the association's 'Water Rates & Service Charges' sheet, effective July 1, 2026. 5/8" meter: $30.28 bi-monthly minimum charge, water usage $7.57 per 1,000 gallons; all usage…
Source: tatemonroe.comtatemonroe.com
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride (Idlett Hill plant) Range 0.84-1.12; added to promote strong teeth. | 1.08 ppm | 4.0 (MCL) | 2024 |
| Fluoride (Freedom Crossing plant) Range 0.80-1.08. | 1.04 ppm | 4.0 (MCL) | 2024 |
| Nitrate (Freedom Crossing plant) Fertilizer runoff, septic/sewage leaching, natural deposits. | 0.2 ppm | 10 (MCL) | 2024 |
| Barium (Idlett Hill / Freedom Crossing) Reported separately for the two plants. | 0.04 / 0.018 ppm | 2 (MCL) | 2023 |
| Gross alpha (Freedom Crossing plant) Erosion of natural deposits. | 3.5 pCi/L | 15 (MCL) | 2020 |
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Distribution average; range 4.9-40.4, the widest swing in the table. | 22.65 ppb | 80 (MCL) | 2024 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Range nd-9.8. | 4.9 ppb | 60 (MCL) | 2024 |
| Total chlorine Range 1.02-1.15. | 1.10 ppm | 4.0 (MRDL) | 2024 |
| Lead (90th percentile) Compliance period 6/1/2023-9/30/2023; individual results nd-6.5; 0 of 30 samples above the action level. | 0 ppb | 15 (action… | 2023 |
| Copper (90th percentile) Range 0.010-0.670; 0 of 30 samples above the action level. | 0.24 ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2023 |
Source: tatemonroe.com
EPA compliance record · Bethel Village
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 3.6 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Lead and Copper Rule (lead) · treatment technique violation · returned to compliance
7 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 6 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
EPA compliance record · Tate-monroe Water Association (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
1 violation of any kind logged since 2020, 1 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Correction to the previous draft. TMWA's own water quality report states that the aquifer supplying its wells 'has a high susceptibility to contamination, due to the nature of the aquifer in which the drinking water wells are located and the existing potential contaminant sources identified.' That is inherent to a shallow riverbank…
Source: tatemonroe.com
Sewers
Sanitary
None - Tate Monroe is a water-only member-owned association. Its published rate schedule and services cover water service only; sanitary sewer in southern Clermont County is provided by other entities (the Clermont County Water Resources Department serves parts of the county), not by TMWA.
Storm
Not applicable - the association operates no storm sewer utility and publishes no stormwater program. The previous draft's statement about member townships relying on on-site septic systems was unsourced and has been removed.
Source: tatemonroe.comtatemonroe.com
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Present in 1 ZIP code
Serves
No ZIP code has Bethel Village on record as its main water supplier.
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 45106 · Tate Township and Bethel32% 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
Bethel Village buys its water from Tate-monroe Water Association.
No other system is on record buying water from Bethel Village.
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