Water system
Monroeville Village
EPA ID OH3900811 · Huron County · 1,400 people served · owned by a local government
Monroeville Village treats its own water from West Branch Huron River, stored in Monroeville's reservoir.
The system's record
The Ohio Department of Health's fluoridation report (CDC My Water's Fluoride) lists Monroeville Village as buying its water from Sandusky City; EPA's inventory shows its own sources as primary with Sandusky City as an emergency connection. The two records may reflect a blend or a recent switch.
- Water bodies
- West Branch Huron River, Monroeville Reservoir
- Raw intakes
- Reservoir
Huron River - Serves
- 1,400 people · Huron County
- EPA ID
- OH3900811
Monroeville pumps water from the West Branch Huron River into an upground storage reservoir before treatment; no purchased water.
About this area's water
Did you know
- Monroeville stores its river-drawn water in a man-made 'upground reservoir' on Farr Road before treatment rather than pumping straight from the river.
- The village permanently sealed its last combined sewer overflow pipe on November 14, 2025, ending a decades-long federal CSO control obligation.
- It keeps a zero-use emergency backup connection to Northern Ohio Rural Water that delivered no water in 2025 and is used on average 0 days per year.
- The NRHP-listed, 1856-62-built octagonal John Hosford House still stands in this village of about 1,300 residents (2020 census).
Source: monroevilleohio.comen.wikipedia.orgmonroevilleohio.com
History5
- 1817Settlement laid out as 'Monroe,' named for President James Monroe; postal authorities later changed the name to Monroeville.
- 1868Village officially incorporated.
- 1974Octagonal John Hosford House (c.1856-62), Seth Brown House (1813), and Zion Episcopal Church listed on the National Register of Historic Places (listed May 3, 1974).
- 2025Council passed rate-review ordinances 2025-09 (sewer, passed June 10, 2025) and 2025-10 (water, passed Aug. 12, 2025) raising both water and sewer rates in phases, following an outside utility rate…
- 2025Village permanently sealed off its last combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfall on November 14, 2025, completing its federally required Long-Term Control Plan; zero CSO discharge events occurred in…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgmonroevilleohio.commonroevilleohio.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Raw water is pumped from an intake on the West Branch Huron River into an upground storage reservoir on Farr Road, then treated at the Monroeville WTP (136 Monroe St.) with filtration (2025 turbidity 0.03-0.09 NTU, 100% of samples meeting the 0.3 NTU TT standard) and chlorine disinfection (2025…
Source: monroevilleohio.com
Water pressure
Not published — no pressure or elevation data appears in the 2025 CCR, the village water/wastewater page, or the rate ordinances.
What it costs
$10.00 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $168 a month for water.
Residential 'RW' water (Ord. 2025-10): $45.18 minimum for the first 2,000 gal, commencing the Dec. 2025 billing, rising to $47.44 with the July 2026 billing; usage above 2,000 gal…
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM By-product of chlorination; range 29.5-64.5 ppb. | 49.38 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| HAA5 By-product of chlorination; range 0-16.6 ppb. | 12.13 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Nitrate Runoff/leaching source; range 0.19-1.34 mg/L; well within MCL. | 1.34 mg/L | 10 | 2025 |
| Lead (90th pct.) 0 of 10 samples over the action level. | 0 ug/L | 15 (AL) | 2024 |
| Copper (90th pct.) 0 of 10 samples over the action level; range 0.001-0.003 mg/L. | 0.003 mg/L | 1.3 (AL) | 2024 |
| Turbidity Indicator of filtration effectiveness; range 0.03-0.09 NTU; 100% of samples met the standard. | 0.09 NTU | 0.3 (TT, 95% of… | 2025 |
| Fluoride No fluoridation additive evident; low natural/residual level. | 0.21 mg/L | 4 | 2025 |
| Barium Discharge from drilling wastes/metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; well within MCL. | 0.0126 mg/L | 2 | 2025 |
| Chromium Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits; well within MCL. | 3.3 ug/L | 100 | 2025 |
| Cyanide Discharge from steel/metal/plastic/fertilizer factories; well within MCL. | 1 ug/L | 200 | 2025 |
Source: monroevilleohio.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2024 (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).
Projects & plans3
Recent and current work
- Combined Sewer Overflow permanent closure · 2025 · completed
CSO outfall to the West Branch Huron River sealed Nov. 14, 2025, completing the Long-Term Control Plan; zero overflow events in 2025 per the village's CSO… - Preliminary Sanitary Sewer Flow Monitoring Program · 2025 · under construction
Manhole/basin flow monitoring, smoke testing and camera inspection of the sewer system as part of Nine Minimum Controls, confirmed in the 2025 CSO report.
Source: monroevilleohio.com
Planned or needed
- Phased water and sewer rate increases · 2025-2026 · under construction
Ordinances 2025-09 (sewer) and 2025-10 (water) raise rates in stages (Sept. 2025/June 2025 passage, billing changes Dec. 2025 and July 2026) per an outside…
Supply stress
Supply depends on a single surface-water source (West Branch Huron River pumped to an upground reservoir on Farr Road). The 2025 CCR's source-water assessment flags the protection area as containing agricultural, industrial storm water, gas station, auto repair, car wash, home construction, junk yard, landfill, septic system, wastewater…
Source: monroevilleohio.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Village-owned wastewater treatment plant (34 Hamilton St.) discharging to the West Branch Huron River; its combined sewer overflow outfall (adjacent to the WWTP discharge point) was permanently sealed Nov. 14, 2025, ending CSO events under its federal Long-Term Control Plan, per the village's 2025 CSO annual report.
Storm
Historically a combined sewer system with the sanitary sewer; CSO outfall now closed. No separate stormwater utility fee was identified in sources reviewed.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Present in 1 ZIP code
Serves
Main water supplier in 1 ZIP code
- 44847 · Monroeville34% 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
Monroeville 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 Monroeville 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
Monroeville Village's own pages: monroevilleohio.com, waterdata.usgs.gov
Notable facts: monroevilleohio.com, en.wikipedia.org, monroevilleohio.com
History: en.wikipedia.org, monroevilleohio.com, monroevilleohio.com, monroevilleohio.com
Water quality: monroevilleohio.com
Planned work: monroevilleohio.com, monroevilleohio.com
Capital projects: monroevilleohio.com
Rates: monroevilleohio.com, monroevilleohio.com
Sewers: monroevilleohio.com, monroevilleohio.com
Treatment: monroevilleohio.com
Supply stress: monroevilleohio.com