Findlay City

• Findlay draws its drinking water from two man-made 'upground' reservoirs east of the city rather than straight from the Blanchard River, which is pumped uphill to fill them.
• Federal drinking-water records list Findlay as a surface-water system serving 54,040 people through 20,246 service connections.

• 1913The Great Flood of March 1913 struck Findlay along the Blanchard River; specific crest, discharge and damage figures could not be verified from a live source.
• 2007A major August 2007 Blanchard River flood hit Findlay; the crest and damage totals could not be confirmed because the cited news source is inaccessible.
• 2024Water rates rose effective January 1, 2024, the first increase in more than a decade, adding about $70 a year for an average two-person household.

How it is treated

Blanchard River water is pumped into two upground reservoirs east of the city, with a direct river intake as backup; EPA classifies Findlay as a surface-water system. The plant's specific treatment train is not confirmed in accessible sources.

Water pressure

not published; no citywide average psi figure or pressure-zone map was found, and the city website blocks automated access.

Rate increase effective Jan 1, 2024, about $70/year more for an average two-person household. No verifiable per-unit rate or fixed charge was found.

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 2.1 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).

Findlay's reservoirs and river intake sit in a flood-prone Blanchard River corridor, and the city has pursued river flood-mitigation work. Specific supply-capacity, drought, algal or contamination pressures could not be confirmed in accessible sources.

Sanitary

The city operates its own wastewater treatment plant, but its rated capacity, average flow, receiving stream and any combined-sewer or consent-decree status could not be confirmed; the city website blocks automated access.

Storm

Separate-vs-combined sewer configuration and any stormwater utility fee could not be confirmed in accessible sources.

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources. Little is published about this system, so details are thin.