Water system
Berlin Water Company
EPA ID OH3800012 · Holmes County · 1,896 people served
Berlin Water Company treats its own water from Groundwater wells (4 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 4
- Serves
- 1,896 people · Holmes County
- EPA ID
- OH3800012
About this area's water
Did you know
- Berlin Water Company is a 501(c)(12) nonprofit mutual water corporation founded in 1954, still governed by a monthly board meeting (3rd Tuesday, Berlin Township Community Building) rather than a municipal utility…
- Per its 2024 CCR, the company tested for 35 different contaminants that year and detected only trace, well-under-limit levels of eight of them (including gross alpha radioactivity and disinfection byproducts).
Source: causeiq.comberlinohwater.com
History2
- 1954Berlin Water Company founded as a 501(c)(12) nonprofit mutual water corporation, per its nonprofit registry record (IRS-filing-based).
- 2024Company held an unconditioned Ohio EPA license to operate its water system, per its 2024 Consumer Confidence Report.
Source: causeiq.comberlinohwater.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Berlin Water Company draws its drinking water from three (3) groundwater wells located north of Berlin on Township Roads 361 and 362, per its 2024 CCR. (The input's claim of 4 wells and named 'STU 2/STU 5' treatment units at the plant could not be corroborated by the CCR or any other source found…
Source: berlinohwater.com
Water pressure
Not published - no pressure information found in the CCR or on the company's website.
What it costs
No published rate schedule found online; the company's site (berlinohwater.com) lists only contacts and its CCR, not a rates page, and no rate ordinance or board-minutes document…
Water quality & impurities9
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha (radioactive) Range of detections 1.48-4.92 pCi/L; no violation. MCLG 0. Typical source: erosion of natural deposits. | 3.20 pCi/L | 15 | 2024 |
| Total Chlorine (residual disinfectant) Range 1.46-1.67 ppm; no violation. Water additive used to control microbes. | 1.56 ppm | MRDL=4 | 2024 |
| Lead 0 of 10 samples exceeded the 15 ppb action level. Corrosion of household plumbing/natural erosion. | 0.9 ppb (90th… | AL=15 | 2024 |
| Copper 1 of 10 samples exceeded the 1.3 ppm action level. Corrosion of household plumbing/natural erosion. | 0.366 ppm (90th… | AL=1.3 | 2024 |
| Barium Range 0.0705-0.103 ppm; no violation. | 0.103 ppm | 2 | 2024 |
| Fluoride Range 0.32-0.40 ppm; no violation. | 0.40 ppm | 4 | 2024 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) By-product of chlorination; no violation, far below MCL. | 0.5 ppb | 80 | 2023 |
| Thallium MCLG 0.5; no violation. | <1 ppb | 2 | 2024 |
| Other (non-health-based, code 72) EPA federal SDWIS/ECHO record shows five separate non-health-based 'Other' violations with compliance periods opening… | N/A violation | N/A | 2021-202… |
Source: berlinohwater.comdata.epa.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.2 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
5 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 5 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's source water assessment (cited in the 2024 CCR) rates the aquifer supplying Berlin Water Company as having 'moderate susceptibility to contamination,' recommending protective measures, but no water-quantity/supply stress is described.
Source: berlinohwater.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Berlin Water Company is a water-only mutual company; no sewer service found or implied in its CCR or website.
Storm
Not applicable/not found.
Source: berlinohwater.com
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
- 44610 · Berlin Township and Berlin100% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 44654 · Berlin Township and Millersburg3% 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
Berlin Water Company does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from Berlin Water Company.
Photograph
On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 2 ZIP codes 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: causeiq.com, berlinohwater.com
History: causeiq.com, berlinohwater.com
Water quality: berlinohwater.com, data.epa.gov
Sewers: berlinohwater.com
Treatment: berlinohwater.com
Supply stress: berlinohwater.com