Washington Court House

• Washington Court House blends its water: roughly two-thirds is Paint Creek water impounded in city reservoirs and one-third comes from six wells, four sitting right behind the water plant on the north end and two on a…
• The whole city runs on one surface water plant rated at just 3 million gallons a day, staffed in 2023 by two Class III, one Class II and three Class I operators.
• It is the cheapest water in the region and the city says that is the problem: $33.02 a month for 5,000 gallons in early 2026, against $51.14 in Greenfield, $52.99 in Circleville and $59.31 in Hillsboro, with finance…
• The wastewater plant traded chlorine gas for ultraviolet light during its rebuild, a change the project manager framed as safer for the surrounding community, and the treated effluent goes back into Paint Creek upstream…

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• 2021Wastewater treatment plant reconstruction at the midpoint of a three-year rebuild: rated capacity going from about 12 MGD to 15.9 MGD dry weather and 22.9 MGD wet weather, chlorine gas disinfection…
• 2022Contractor Dugan & Meyers reported the WWTP job as renovating 19 existing structures and building 5 new ones, including a 38-foot-deep influent pump station built with secant walls, a secondary…
• 2023City operated one surface water treatment plant of 3 MGD design capacity under an unconditional Ohio EPA license; crews flushed 862 hydrants, repaired 12 main breaks and added 33 new services.
• 2026February: finance director told council that water rates, the lowest in the region at $33.02 for 5,000 gallons, do not cover the cost of service; council moved ahead with a rate study.
• 2026August: city manager Joe Denen described a new water treatment plant as the most important infrastructure investment the community will undertake; the project is in planning, engineering and funding.…

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How it is treated

One surface water treatment plant with a 3 million gallon per day design capacity. About two-thirds of supply is surface water drawn from Paint Creek and impounded in the city's reservoirs; the remaining third comes from six wells, four behind the water plant at the north end of town and two on a…

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Water pressure

Not published. The city's water quality reports carry no distribution pressure figure, and no engineering report giving one was found.

Typical household bill about $33 a month for water.

The city does not publish a water rate schedule online (the utility page covers billing and payment only). In February 2026 the finance director told council a residential…

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EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (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).

Recent and current work

• Wastewater treatment plant reconstruction · 2021
  Rebuild raising capacity from about 12 MGD to 15.9 MGD dry weather and 22.9 MGD wet weather, switching chlorine gas disinfection to UV, adding enhanced…
• Dayton Avenue culvert replacement · 2026 · completed
  Drainage project funded by an Ohio Public Works Commission grant with help from the Fayette County Engineer's Office.

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Planned or needed

• New water treatment plant · 2026 · planned
  In preliminary planning, engineering and funding as of August 2026; the city manager called it the most important infrastructure investment the community will…
• Eyman Park dam removal on Paint Creek · 2026 · planned
  Grant-funded removal of an aging dam and accumulated debris, intended to improve stream function and water quality on Paint Creek.
• Water rate increase · 2026 · proposed
  Council has a rate study underway; the city manager said any increase would be gradual rather than a large one-time jump. Sewer and tap fees for new…

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The 2023 CCR rates the supply as having a high susceptibility to contamination. Paint Creek and the well field sit in heavily farmed country with a moderate number of potential contaminant sources, including mega-dairy operations, and agricultural runoff is named as the primary threat. The city manages that by pumping only low-nitrate…

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Sanitary

City-owned wastewater treatment plant discharging to Paint Creek. A multi-year reconstruction, at midpoint in March 2021, raised rated capacity from about 12 MGD to 15.9 MGD in dry weather and 22.9 MGD in wet weather, replaced chlorine gas disinfection with UV, added enhanced phosphorus removal for aquatic life, and installed generators…

Storm

No separate stormwater utility fee was found in any published source. The city does fund drainage work case by case: a Dayton Avenue culvert replacement was completed in 2026 with an Ohio Public Works Commission grant, and removal of the Eyman Park dam on…

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