Water system
Dunkirk Village
EPA ID OH3300212 · Hardin County · 875 people served · owned by a local government
Dunkirk Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (2 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 2
- Serves
- 875 people · Hardin County
- EPA ID
- OH3300212
About this area's water
Did you know
- Named after Dunkirk, New York, when the village was platted in 1852.
- In 2006 ODOT floated Dunkirk as a possible stop on the proposed 'Ohio Hub' high-speed passenger rail corridor, per Wikipedia.
- Its 2 active wells are treated with a packed-tower aerator plus ion exchange before chlorination -- a small-system setup for iron/hardness removal, per EPA SDWIS facility and treatment records.
- The village has lost over 40% of its population since its 1880 peak of 1,311 residents (2020 census: 774).
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
History5
- 1852Village platted when the railroad was extended to the site; named for Dunkirk, New York (per Wikipedia).
- 1854Post office established.
- 1880Population peaked at 1,311; 2020 census recorded 774, roughly a 41% decline since (per Wikipedia).
- 2020-2025EPA SDWIS logs repeated 'Other'/public-notification (tier 3) violations in 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025; the 2020 (opened Feb. 6) and 2022 (opened Aug. 17) violations remain open with no…
- 2025A separate compliance violation (code 4H, contaminant code 5200) opened July 2, 2025; SDWIS records a return-to-compliance date of Dec. 12, 2025 -- i.e. it has been resolved, correcting an earlier…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from 2 currently active wells (Well 1 and Well 2); a third well (Well 3) was deactivated in 1997 per EPA SDWIS facility records -- correcting the earlier draft's claim of '3 wells.' Water is pre-chlorinated (hypochlorination), passed through a packed-tower aerator and an ion-exchange…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Water pressure
Not published; no CCR, engineering report, or pressure-zone map found for this system in this pass. SDWIS confirms an elevated storage tank serves the distribution system, but no…
Source: data.epa.gov
What it costs
Current residential rate not found published online; the village is administered through the fiscal officer's office and does not appear to maintain a dedicated utility website or…
Water quality & impurities2
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notification/'Other' compliance… Opened Feb. 6, 2020 and Aug. 17, 2022; both remain open in EPA SDWIS with no return-to-compliance date recorded as of… | N/A violation | N/A | 2020… |
| Compliance violation, code 4H Opened July 2, 2025; SDWIS records a return-to-compliance date of Dec. 12, 2025 (resolved). Corrects the earlier draft… | N/A violation | N/A | 2025 |
Source: data.epa.gov
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.
6 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 6 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Small groundwater system (390 connections, 875 served) now running on 2 active wells (a third was retired in 1997). Federal SDWIS shows administrative/public-notification violations rather than measured contamination; two (from 2020 and 2022) remain open as of this review, while a 2025 violation initially flagged as open has since been…
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Provider and treatment plant not found in sources reviewed.
Storm
Not found 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
- 45836 · Dunkirk60% 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
Dunkirk 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 Dunkirk Village.
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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
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov
History: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov
Water quality: data.epa.gov
Water pressure: data.epa.gov
Treatment: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Supply stress: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov