Lithopolis Village

• The name Lithopolis is Greek for 'stone city,' a nod to a limestone quarry near the original townsite (originally platted as Centerville in 1815).
• The village maintains an emergency interconnect with the Canal Winchester water system that, per the 2025 CCR, 'has not yet been used to supply water to Lithopolis residents.'
• Lithopolis's population grew 92.9% between 2010 and 2020 (1,106 to 2,134), among the faster growth rates for a small Ohio village, adding pressure to a water system drawing from a shallow, contamination-prone aquifer.

Source: lithopolis.orgen.wikipedia.org

• 1815Village laid out under the original name Centerville, near a stone quarry.
• 1827A post office opens under the name Lithopolis, Greek for 'stone city.'
• 2003Ohio EPA source water assessment finds the village's shallow sand-and-gravel aquifer has 'high susceptibility to contamination,' prompting a Wellhead Protection Ordinance (19-11).
• 2010-2020Population grows 92.9% (1,106 to 2,134) per U.S. Census, as the village suburbanizes.
• 2022-2023Village performs comprehensive maintenance on all three wells: pumps and discharge pipes replaced, wells cleaned and sterilized.

Source: en.wikipedia.orglithopolis.org

How it is treated

Groundwater from three wells in a sand-and-gravel aquifer covered by only ~10 ft of low-permeability material, with depth to water under 15 ft. Treatment and storage capacity is 500,000 gallons/day; chlorine disinfection is used (total chlorine residual 1.22 ppm, range 0.8-1.7 in 2025). The 2025…

Source: lithopolis.orglithopolis.org

Water pressure

Not published; no CCR or engineering-report pressure figure found.

$7.73 per 1,000 gallons

In-town residential water rate is $7.73/1,000 gal; out-of-town customers pay $11.21/1,000 gal. Separate sewer ($9.08/1,000 gal in-town, $13.17 out-of-town) and a flat $5.00/month…

Source: lithopolis.org

Source: lithopolis.org

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 3.1 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

• 2024Lead and Copper Rule (lead) · treatment technique violation · returned to compliance

14 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 13 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).

Recent and current work

• Well field rehabilitation (all 3 wells) · 2022-2023 · completed
  Pumps and discharge pipes replaced; wells cleaned and sterilized.

Source: lithopolis.org

Aquifer is shallow (<15 ft) with only ~10 ft of low-permeability cover, rated 'high susceptibility to contamination' in the village's 2003 Ohio EPA source water assessment; the village relies on a Wellhead Protection Ordinance and participation in the Fairfield County Regional Drinking Water Source Protection Plan rather than treatment…

Source: lithopolis.org

Sanitary

Village operates its own sanitary sewer utility, billed alongside water ($9.08/1,000 gal in-town, $13.17 out-of-town); the treatment plant's name, capacity, and receiving stream were not found in sources reviewed.

Storm

A separate $5.00/month stormwater charge is billed, indicating a distinct stormwater utility; no reported flooding issues found.

Source: lithopolis.org

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.