Water system
Sabina Village
EPA ID OH1400912 · Clinton County · 2,564 people served · owned by a local government
Sabina Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (6 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 6
- Serves
- 2,564 people · Clinton County
- EPA ID
- OH1400912
About this area's water
Did you know
- Sabina is nicknamed 'The Eden of Ohio.'
- The village's water comes from seven wells split across two well fields — three on SR 729 north and four on SR 729 south.
- In 2023 the village was cited by Ohio EPA for not properly warning a resident about a lead service line before a water main replacement on South Howard Street — the violation was resolved within a month.
History4
- 1830Sabina platted by founder Warren Sabin; original plat recorded December 6, 1830 with 37 lots.
- 1859Village officially incorporated; M. Morris appointed first mayor.
- 1980Village population peaked at about 2,799 residents (2020 census: 2,499), before gradually declining.
- 2023Ohio EPA issued a Notice of Violation to Sabina Village PWS (April 10, 2023) for failing to give residents the required 45-day pre-construction notice about a water main replacement in an area with a…
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from seven wells (3 on SR 729 north, 4 on SR 729 south), per the Village's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — not the 6 wells implied by the system baseline. The CCR does not describe a filtration plant; detected disinfection byproducts (HAA5/TTHM) indicate the water is chlorinated, but…
Source: villageofsabina.gov
Water pressure
Not published in any source reviewed (village utilities pages did not load full content; no psi figure found).
What it costs
Not published online. Village Ordinances 2025-09 (monthly water charges) and 2025-10 (monthly wastewater charges) exist per the village ordinance index, but the documents are…
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha Erosion of natural deposits; no violation. | 4.74 pCi/L | 15 pCi/L | 2023 |
| Total Chlorine Range 0.3-1.3 ppm; no violation. | 0.81 ppm | MRDL 4 ppm | 2024 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Range 8.6-13.4 ppb; no violation. | 13.4 ppb | 60 ppb | 2024 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range 33.3-52.4 ppb; no violation. | 52.4 ppb | 80 ppb | 2024 |
| Fluoride No violation. | 1.32 ppm | 4 ppm | 2023 |
| Barium No violation. | 0.103 ppm | 2 ppm | 2023 |
| Nitrate No violation. | 0.64 ppm | 10 ppm | 2024 |
| Cyanide As stated in the CCR; the units appear mislabeled since the federal cyanide MCL is 0.2 mg/L (200 ppb), not 200 ppm —… | 2 ppm | 200 ppm (as… | 2023 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples over the action level. This refutes an unrelated web claim of a 25.1 ppb average lead violation for… | 0.9 ppb | 15 ppb action… | 2023 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples over the action level. | 0.196 ppm | 1.3 ppm action… | 2023 |
Source: villageofsabina.gov
EPA compliance record
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
6 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 5 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Per the source water assessment referenced in the 2024 CCR, Ohio EPA rates the aquifer supplying Sabina's wells as highly susceptible to contamination, citing a relatively thin protective clay layer overlying the aquifer, significant potential contaminant sources in the protection area, and the lack of the required sanitary isolation…
Source: villageofsabina.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Not confirmed in sources reviewed; no sewer-plant details found on the village site.
Storm
Not confirmed in sources reviewed.
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
- 45169 · Sabina53% 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
Sabina Village does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from Sabina Village.
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
Notable facts: villageofsabina.gov, edocpub.epa.ohio.gov
History: en.wikipedia.org, edocpub.epa.ohio.gov
Water quality: villageofsabina.gov
Rates: villageofsabina.gov, villageofsabina.gov
Treatment: villageofsabina.gov
Supply stress: villageofsabina.gov