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 said to be 'Flag Village, USA' (not independently reverified in this pass; commonly repeated but unconfirmed against a primary source).
- 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; no source found confirming actual completion as of this review.
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, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans1
Planned or needed
- New elevated water tower · 2026
Announced in the 2024 CCR with a targeted June 2026 completion. As of this review (September 2026) no source was found confirming actual completion, so status…
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. The researcher's cited NPDES permit number (2PA00050) could not be independently verified in this review (an EPA ECHO facility-search attempt did not return confirmable results); treat…
Storm
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
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.
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
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