Water system
Washingtonville Village
EPA ID OH1502812 · Columbiana County · 801 people served · owned by a local government
Washingtonville Village buys its water from Salem City.
The system's record
- Water bodies
- East Cold Run Reservoir (Salem City Lake), Spring Valley Reservoir, Cold Run Creek
- Raw intakes
- Salem Spring Valley Reserv
Salem Cold Run Creek
Salem Salem Reservoir Intak - Active wells
- 4
- Serves
- 16,850 people · Columbiana County
- EPA ID
- OH1502011
City draws from two on-stream reservoirs on Cold Run Creek (East Cold Run/Salem City Lake and Spring Valley) plus 4 groundwater wells as a blended/backup supply; city has been studying a new water source due to reservoir capacity/algae issues.
About this area's water
Did you know
- Its purchased water comes from Salem City's reservoirs and wells on Cold Run Creek and Spring Valley, not from any well or river within the village itself.
- The village straddles parts of both Columbiana and Mahoning counties.
- Population peaked in 1900 at 1,092 residents and had fallen to 712 by 2020.
- Its disinfection-byproduct levels are the highest of the three small systems examined in this batch, and it is also the only one of the three with a currently open, health-based EPA violation (Legionella treatment…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
History6
- 1832Washingtonville was established (laid out).
- 1833The village's first hotel was built.
- 1844Washingtonville was incorporated.
- 1900Village population peaked at 1,092 residents (confirmed as the true high point across the full census table).
- 2020Census recorded 712 residents.
- 2016NEW: A Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) MCL violation was recorded for two consecutive quarters (Apr-Jun and Jul-Sep 2016), measuring 0.081 mg/L against Ohio's 0.080 mg/L limit; returned to compliance…
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Washingtonville has no source wells of its own; it buys treated surface water from Salem City via an active purchased interconnect, then filters/treats it further at its own small plant before its 100,000-gallon elevated storage tank. CORRECTED: Salem's supply is not limited to two small…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Water pressure
Not published; no pressure-zone or tank-elevation data found beyond the known 100,000-gallon elevated tank.
What it costs
Current residential rate not published in sources reviewed for Washingtonville or Salem City.
Water quality & impurities8
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Within federal limit currently, though the system had a documented 0.081 mg/L (81 ppb) MCL exceedance in 2016. Figure… | 44.8 ppb | 80 | 2021-202… |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Within limit but notably higher than the other two systems in this batch. | 35.6 ppb | 60 | 2021-202… |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA9) Unregulated broader HAA group. | 46.6 ppb | no federal limit | 2021-202… |
| Chloroform | 29.6 ppb | no federal limit | 2021-202… |
| Nitrate From supplying utility (Salem City); well below limit. | 0.571 ppm | 10 | 2021-202… |
| Radium, combined (-226/-228) From supplying utility; well within limit. | 0.10 pCi/L | 5 | 2018-202… |
| Total Trihalomethanes MCL exceedance Health-based MCL violation, two consecutive quarters (Q2 and Q3 2016); returned to compliance 11/1/2016. Previously… | 0.081 mg/L | 0.080 | 2016 |
| Legionella (treatment technique) Open, health-based treatment-technique violation since 9/26/2024 with an active EPA enforcement case; no… | N/A violation | N/A | 2024-202… |
Source: ewg.orgdata.epa.govdata.epa.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 3 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Ground Water Rule · treatment technique violation · open
- 2016Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · exceeded a maximum contaminant level · measured 0.082 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance
EPA's count of 3 includes 1 repeat quarterly violation of the problems listed.
3 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
EPA compliance record · Salem City (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 9.4 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
2 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Reservoir- and well-fed purchased surface supply (Salem City draws from Cold Run Creek, Spring Valley Reservoir, a separate Salem Reservoir, and groundwater wells) is more exposed to seasonal and treatment variability than a simple two-well groundwater system, and the elevated disinfection-byproduct levels (HAA5 35.6 ppb, HAA9 46.6 ppb)…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Not independently confirmed for this village.
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
- 44490 · Washingtonville99% of residents
Also present in 2 more ZIP codes
- 44460 · Salem1% of residents
- 44431 · Leetonia0% 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
Washingtonville Village buys its water from Salem City.
No other system is on record buying water from Washingtonville Village.
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, data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Water quality: ewg.org, data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Treatment: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Supply stress: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov