Coalton

• Coalton takes its name from Coal Township, reflecting its 19th-century coal-mining economy.
• Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes, who served two non-consecutive terms (1963-1971 and 1975-1983), was born in Coalton on September 13, 1909.
• Coalton has no wells or treatment plant of its own; it buys finished water wholesale from Jackson County Water Company, which draws on the Teays River Buried Valley Aquifer.

Source: en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org

• 1900Coalton's population peaked at 1,625 residents (the 1890 figure of 1,459 was not the peak, as an earlier draft stated).
• 1900-1910Population fell about 31.6% as the coal-mining economy declined.
• 2020Census recorded 445 residents, down about 73% from the 1900 peak of 1,625.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

How it is treated

Coalton treats no water of its own; it purchases finished water from Jackson County Water Company, which draws on the Teays River Buried Valley Aquifer. No source describing Jackson County Water Company's own treatment process (filtration, disinfection, etc.) could be located.

Water pressure

Not published for Coalton or Jackson County Water Company in any source reviewed.

No water rate schedule for Coalton or its wholesale supplier, Jackson County Water Company, is published online. Not independently confirmed.

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

• 2024Lead and Copper Rule (lead) · treatment technique violation · open

4 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).

EPA compliance record · Jackson Co. Water Company-wtp (treats the water)

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0.8 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

2 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).

The Teays River Buried Valley Aquifer is a regionally significant glacial buried-valley aquifer in southern Ohio. No source reviewed reported specific contamination, depletion, or capacity issues for this supply; buried-valley aquifers of this type are generally understood to be more vulnerable to surface contamination given shallow…

Sanitary

Not confirmed by any source reviewed; unclear whether Coalton has a municipal sanitary sewer or relies on individual septic systems.

Storm

Not published in any source reviewed.

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.