Water system
Village of Bloomingburg
EPA ID OH2400012 · Fayette County · 878 people served · owned by a local government
Village of Bloomingburg treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 878 people · Fayette County
- EPA ID
- OH2400012
About this area's water
Did you know
- Bloomingburg's own water plant uses old-school 'slat-tray aeration' -- cascading water over open slat trays to let iron and gases escape before filtration -- still used at this small Ohio system per EPA SDWIS treatment…
- The village was a documented Underground Railroad stop in the 19th century, long before it had any piped water system.
- Unlike wholesale-customer systems, Bloomingburg is fully self-supplied: it draws, treats (its own plant), and distributes groundwater from 3 of its own wells with no purchased backup.
Source: data.epa.goven.wikipedia.org
History4
- 1815Village laid out; local tradition holds it was named for the abundant flower gardens kept by residents (per Wikipedia).
- 1819Village post office established.
- 19th centuryCommunity served as a documented Underground Railroad stop, per Wikipedia.
- presentVillage operates its own groundwater treatment plant drawing on 3 active wells (Well 1, 2, 3), confirmed via EPA SDWIS facility and treatment records.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Bloomingburg treats its own groundwater from 3 active village wells (per SDWIS) using spray aeration and slat-tray aeration (to strip dissolved gases/iron), a reaction/detention step, rapid sand filtration, and pre-chlorination via hypochlorination for disinfection…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Water pressure
No published service-pressure (psi) figure. The village sits at approximately 994 ft elevation (per Wikipedia) and is…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
What it costs
We found no current residential water rate schedule published online for the Village of Bloomingburg.
Water quality & impurities1
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile, Lead and Copper… Most recent monitoring round (Jan 1-Dec 31, 2025) per EPA SDWIS LCR_SAMPLE/LCR_SAMPLE_RESULT tables; well below the EPA… | 0.0017 mg/L | 0.015 | 2025 |
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.7 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
2 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 2 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
Supply stress
No health-based violations on record. SDWIS shows only paperwork and missed-testing violations; one, for not issuing the yearly water quality report (dated July 1, 2025), remains open with no return-to-compliance date recorded as of this review (Sept. 2026) -- confirmed directly against the EPA VIOLATION table. Bloomingburg relies entirely on its own 3…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
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
- 43106 · Bloomingburg55% 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
Village of Bloomingburg does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from Village of Bloomingburg.
What the records show about Village of Bloomingburg
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Village of Bloomingburg as owned by a local government. It has 380 service connections and serves 878 people.
EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.
Its office telephone on EPA's record is 740-437-7556.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Village of Bloomingburg: aeration, chlorine disinfection, and sand or media filtration.
The list is what each system registered with EPA for treatment plants EPA still shows as active, and it can lag a plant upgrade.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) treatment table (EPA Envirofacts, pulled September 2026).
Violations
EPA's record shows no health-based violations for Village of Bloomingburg since 2015.
EPA logs 2 violations of any kind since 2020: 2 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) violation records: health-based violations with compliance periods beginning in 2015 or later, all violations from 2020 or later (EPA Envirofacts, pulled September 2026).
Lead and copper at the tap
In the sampling period ending December 2025, the 90th-percentile lead result at Village of Bloomingburg was 1.7 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.
The highest result on file is 6 ppb, in the period ending December 2020.
EPA has 5 sampling periods on file for Village of Bloomingburg since 2016, the first ending in 2017; no period was above 10 ppb.
Every water system has to inventory its service lines, the pipes from the main to each building. In the inventory Village of Bloomingburg sent EPA, 326 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 0 |
| Not lead | 326 |
| All lines | 326 |
Systems sample taps in the homes most likely to have lead pipes or solder. The 90th-percentile result is the level nine in ten of the sampled homes were at or below. Lead comes mostly from service lines and house plumbing, not the source water, so a low result for the system does not clear an old house.
EPA's dashboard status for this inventory: reported all required service line types.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) lead and copper 90th-percentile results (EPA Envirofacts), sampling periods ending 2016 or later; EPA's service line inventory dashboard, Ohio's 2026 Q2 submission.
PFAS
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Village of Bloomingburg (latest sample June 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
Ohio EPA's current sampling status map lists 1 plant of Village of Bloomingburg as sampled, most recently August 2026.
PFAS are the 'forever chemicals' from firefighting foam, plating shops and non-stick coatings. Results are for water leaving the plant, not your tap.
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026); Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling, 2019 to 2021, and its sampling status map.
Disinfection byproducts
Chlorine that disinfects water also reacts with organic matter to form byproducts. Two groups have federal limits: total trihalomethanes (TTHM, 80 µg/L) and five haloacetic acids (HAA5, 60 µg/L), judged on running yearly averages at each sampling site.
For TTHM, the average of Village of Bloomingburg's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 57.5 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 57.5 µg/L and the highest single sample was 67.3 µg/L, from 13 samples taken from 2013 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 11.2 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 27.8 µg/L and the highest single sample was 29.1 µg/L, from 13 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 57.5 µg/L (2019) | 57.5 µg/L | 67.3 µg/L | 13 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 11.2 µg/L | 27.8 µg/L | 29.1 µg/L | 13 |
A yearly average of 0 means nothing was detected in that year's samples. EPA's file stops at 2019; Ohio EPA's Drinking Water Watch has newer results.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, distribution-system samples (non-detects counted as zero).
Nitrate, arsenic and radioactivity
Nitrate: the highest of 8 samples was 0.54 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2012; in 2019, the last year sampled, nitrate was not detected. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic: the highest of 31 samples was 3.9 µg/L (limit 10); detections averaged 3.9; none over the limit.
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 8 | 0.54 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 31 | 3.9 µg/L | 10 µg/L | 0 |
| Combined radium | 1 | 2.6 pCi/L | 5 pCi/L | 0 |
Measured in finished water: at the plant's entry points and in the distribution system; raw well and intake samples are left out. Non-detects count as zero.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Solvents and fuels
EPA's file holds results for all six solvent and fuel compounds it checked. Benzene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and vinyl chloride were not detected in 2 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
"Not detected" means the lab's result was below what its method can measure, not that the compound is absent. Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Farm chemicals and metals
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 2 of 2 samples, highest 301 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine in 2 samples, alachlor in 2 samples, chromium in 3 samples, cadmium in 2 samples, mercury in 2 samples, selenium in 2 samples, thallium in 2 samples.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 2 | 2 of 2 | 301 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 1 of 101 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Village of Bloomingburg tested positive (0.99%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 12 did. E. coli was never found in the 93 samples tested for it.
A positive coliform test is a warning sign, not a violation by itself. E. coli is a sign that human or animal waste may have reached the water. Coliform counts are routine samples only; E. coli counts include repeat samples.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, distribution-system presence/absence tests for total coliform and E. coli.
Fluoride
The Ohio Department of Health's report to the CDC (My Water's Fluoride) says Village of Bloomingburg has fluoride from natural sources at a level higher than what is needed to prevent tooth decay. The level it reports is 1.5 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Village of Bloomingburg.
Measured fluoride: 1.54 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2017 (above the target); samples ran from 1.53 to 1.54 mg/L across 2 samples in 2012 to 2019.
The recommended level for preventing tooth decay is 0.7 mg/L; the federal limit is 4 mg/L. The treatment list is what each system registered with EPA and can lag a plant upgrade.
Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched September 2026); EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) treatment table; EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, entry-point fluoride samples.
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of Village of Bloomingburg with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Source: EPA Service Area Boundaries; resident estimate by this atlas from ZIP-code overlap.
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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
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH2400012 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: data.epa.gov, en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov
Water quality: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Water pressure: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov
Treatment: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Supply stress: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
