Water system
Arlington Village
EPA ID OH3200012 · Hancock County · 1,474 people served · owned by a local government
Arlington Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 1,474 people · Hancock County
- EPA ID
- OH3200012
About this area's water
Did you know
- Arlington's nickname is reportedly 'Flag Village, USA'.
- The village homepage currently states the Board of Public Affairs 'has been disbanded' and directs residents to a single contact — but this conflicts with the 2024 CCR and the August 2024 Rules and Regulations, both of…
- Under Arlington's 'rotary' water-main policy, a developer who extends a water main is repaid 90 percent of the connection fees paid by later property owners who tap into that line, for 12 years after the Village accepts…
- The village's 2024 CCR reports zero lead, galvanized, or 'unknown' service lines in its entire distribution system.
Source: villageofarlington.comvillageofarlington.comvillageofarlington.com
History6
- 1834First log cabin built by Robert Hurd's sons on the site that became Arlington.
- 1844Robert Hurd formally laid out the village of Arlington, Hancock County.
- 1846A post office opened in Arlington.
- 2021Arlington Board of Public Affairs gives initial approval (Feb 8) to its current water/sewer Rules and Regulations.
- 2024Rules and Regulations amended and re-approved August 12, 2024.
- 2026Village erecting a new elevated water tower, announced in the 2024 CCR with a targeted June 2026 completion.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from 3 wells in a well field north/west of the water treatment plant on County Road 24 (Fellowship Drive), drawing on a fractured carbonate (limestone/dolostone) bedrock aquifer under about 20 feet of protective glacial till; treated with chlorine disinfection before distribution.
Source: villageofarlington.com
Water pressure
Not published as a psi figure or pressure-zone map. The village's Rules and Regulations state only that 'reasonable diligence and care will be exercised to provide a continuous…
Source: villageofarlington.com
What it costs
$10.50 per 1,000 gallons
Effective May/June 2025 billing (bimonthly): water base rate $50.00 covers 0-1,000 gal (up from $46.00), plus $10.50 per 1,000 gal above that (up from $10.00). Sewer base rate…
Source: villageofarlington.com
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride Naturally occurring; well within MCL. | 1.26 ppm | 4.0 | 2024 |
| Nitrate Erosion of natural deposits. | <0.50 mg/L | 10 | 2024 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range 25.4-55.6 ppb. | 36.45 ppb | 80 | 2024 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Range <6-10.4 ppb. | 9.93 ppb | 60 | 2024 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded the lead action level; range <2-2.1 ppb. | <2.0 ppb | 15 (AL) | 2022 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded the copper action level. | 0.061 ppm | 1.3 (AL) | 2022 |
| Total Chlorine Residual disinfectant; range 0.1-2.1 ppm. | 1.4 mg/L | 4 (MRDL) | 2024 |
Source: villageofarlington.com
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.
2 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
Projects & plans1
Planned or needed
- New elevated water tower · 2026
Announced in the 2024 CCR with a targeted June 2026 completion. We found no public record of its completion as of September 2026.
Source: villageofarlington.com
Supply stress
Ohio EPA source water assessment rates Arlington's aquifer as 'intermediate susceptibility' to contamination: a moderately sensitive fractured-carbonate aquifer under a thin (~20 ft) glacial till layer, with a few potential contaminant sources (small businesses, a grain storage facility, agriculture) in the protection area but no…
Source: villageofarlington.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Village-owned sanitary sewer system with its own wastewater treatment plant, billed jointly with water through the Water & Sewer Utility Billing Office.
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
- 45814 · Arlington56% 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
Arlington 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 Arlington Village.
What the records show about Arlington Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Arlington Village as owned by a local government. It has 560 service connections and serves 1,474 people.
EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.
EPA's record says it has substantially implemented source water protection under Ohio's program, dating the program from 2025. Its office telephone on EPA's record is 419-365-5253.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Arlington Village: aeration, chlorine disinfection, ion-exchange softening, 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 Arlington Village since 2015.
EPA logs 2 violations of any kind since 2020: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 1 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 Arlington Village was 0 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027. A result of 0 means at least nine in ten of the homes sampled had no lead detected.
EPA has 4 sampling periods on file for Arlington Village since 2016, the first ending in 2018; 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 Arlington Village sent EPA, 560 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 468 |
| Not lead | 92 |
| All lines | 560 |
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 Arlington Village (latest sample September 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
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 Arlington Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 5.8 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 40.2 µg/L and the highest single sample was 50.7 µg/L, from 15 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 0 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 8.6 µg/L and the highest single sample was 9.9 µg/L, from 15 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 5.8 µg/L (2019) | 40.2 µg/L | 50.7 µg/L | 15 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 8.6 µg/L | 9.9 µg/L | 15 |
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 0.12 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2013; 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 was not detected in 3 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 8 | 0.12 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 3 | not detected | 10 µg/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 3 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | 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 1 of 3 samples, highest 25 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, chromium, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and thallium, in 3 samples each.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 3 | 1 of 3 | 25 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | 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, 0 of 192 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Arlington Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 24 did.
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 Arlington Village has fluoride from natural sources at a level higher than what is needed to prevent tooth decay. The level it reports is 1.57 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Arlington Village.
Measured fluoride: 1.61 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2018 (above the target); samples ran from 1.51 to 1.66 mg/L across 3 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 Arlington Village 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.
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
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH3200012 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: villageofarlington.com, villageofarlington.com, villageofarlington.com
History: villageofarlington.com, villageofarlington.com
Water quality: villageofarlington.com
Planned work: villageofarlington.com
Water pressure: villageofarlington.com
Rates: villageofarlington.com
Treatment: villageofarlington.com
Supply stress: villageofarlington.com
