Water system
Walnut Creek Water Co.
EPA ID OH3801512 · Holmes County · 1,270 people served
Walnut Creek Water Co. treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 1,270 people · Holmes County
- EPA ID
- OH3801512
About this area's water
Did you know
- Walnut Creek Water Co. is not a village-run utility at all -- EPA's own records list an individual, Kermit Miller, as the water system's contact of record, serving about 1,270 people in Ohio's Amish Country tourist area.
- The system's EPA compliance file runs to 109 entries, but the large majority are routine monitoring/reporting paperwork from the 1990s and 2000s, now resolved -- current lead and copper levels are well within federal…
- Three Consumer Confidence Report filing violations, from 2018, 2020, and 2022, remain listed as "unaddressed" in EPA records, and no validated current CCR for the system could be located -- a real gap in what small…
- Neighboring water systems in Holmes County have reportedly studied simply buying water from Walnut Creek Water Co. rather than building their own treatment plants (unverified this session).
Source: mytapwater.orgtapwaterdata.com
History3
- 2010Holmes County Commissioners approved agreements to complete improvements to the adjacent, county-run Walnut Creek wastewater treatment plant serving the community. Not independently reconfirmed this…
- 2011Expanded and upgraded Walnut Creek wastewater treatment plant reportedly dedicated Nov. 3; a $5.3 million project said to have raised capacity from 90,000 to 400,000 gallons/day. The original…
- 2023Walnut Creek Water Company reportedly received an Ohio BUILDS Water Infrastructure Grant (Round 4) to install about 20,000 linear feet of new waterline and a 100,000-gallon elevated storage tank. Not…
Source: the-daily-record.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from 3 wells; the specific treatment train (disinfection method, iron/hardness treatment, etc.) is not confirmed in sources reviewed. EPA's own contact-of-record for this system is an individual, Kermit Miller (P.O. Box 51, Walnut Creek, OH 44687), per EPA SDWIS data compiled by…
Source: mytapwater.org
Water pressure
Not published; no pressure or pressure-zone data found in sources reviewed.
What it costs
An Ohio EPA statewide sewer/water rate survey reportedly lists sample-bill figures for Walnut Creek Water Company (values cited around $432-$606 at various usage tiers), but the…
Water quality & impurities2
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile) Below the federal action level -- no violation. Per EPA Lead and Copper Rule sampling compiled by mytapwater.org from… | 1.57 ppb… | 15 (action… | 2021-202… |
| Copper Two mid-1993 samples (S1, S2) exceeded the copper action level per EPA records. This is 30+-year-old data with no… | 1.6 mg/L | 1.3 (action… | 1993 |
Source: mytapwater.org
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.6 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Lead and Copper Rule (lead) · treatment technique violation · returned to compliance
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans3
Recent and current work
- Cherry Ridge water line extension · $164,534 · 2024 · completed
Listed in Holmes County Commissioners' Aug. 2024 meeting minutes as an FDCC-coded project payment (project #00704-E2014). Could not be re-fetched this session… - Waterline extension and 100,000-gallon elevated tank · 2023 · under construction
Reportedly funded via an Ohio BUILDS Round 4 grant; ~20,000 linear feet of new waterline plus a new elevated tank. Current completion status not reconfirmed…
Source: holmescountycommissioners.com
Planned or needed
- Regional interconnection option for a neighboring system · 2026 · proposed
Holmes County Commissioners minutes reportedly list connecting to Walnut Creek Water Company (requiring a new booster station and water tower) as one option…
Source: holmescountycommissioners.com
Supply stress
EPA compliance history (109 records per mytapwater.org's compilation of EPA SDWIS/ECHO data) is overwhelmingly routine 1990s-2000s monitoring/reporting paperwork, now resolved, plus a Total Coliform Rule MCL violation in Oct-Nov 2012 (archived/resolved). More notably, three Consumer Confidence Report "Inadequate Reporting" violations --…
Source: mytapwater.orgtapwaterdata.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Wastewater for the Walnut Creek area is reportedly treated at a separate, Holmes County-operated wastewater treatment plant (said to have been expanded in 2011 to 400,000 gpd capacity) -- a distinct entity from Walnut Creek Water Co., which supplies only drinking water. The primary source for the 2011 expansion details is now a dead link…
Storm
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Source: the-daily-record.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
- 44687 · Walnut Creek Township and Walnut Creek100% of residents
Also present in 2 more ZIP codes
- 44681 · Sugarcreek2% of residents
- 44654 · Berlin Township and Millersburg0% 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
Walnut Creek Water Co. does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from Walnut Creek Water Co..
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On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 3 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: mytapwater.org, tapwaterdata.com
History: the-daily-record.com
Water quality: mytapwater.org
Planned work: holmescountycommissioners.com
Capital projects: holmescountycommissioners.com
Sewers: the-daily-record.com
Treatment: mytapwater.org
Supply stress: mytapwater.org, tapwaterdata.com