Water system
Brilliant Water and Sewer
EPA ID OH4100412 · Jefferson County · 2,000 people served · owned by a local government
Brilliant Water and Sewer treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 2,000 people · Jefferson County
- EPA ID
- OH4100412
About this area's water
Did you know
- Brilliant's original name was "Philipsburgh," laid out in 1819 by Virginia statesman Philip Doddridge.
- The village took its current name in 1880 from the Brilliant Glass Company, whose factory anchored the adjoining La Grange settlement.
- Although the Village of Brilliant formally disincorporated in 1993, the water and sewer utility is not a village department at all — it is a separate 'body corporate and politic,' the Brilliant Water & Sewer District…
- A 2015-2017, roughly $3.6 million capacity project nearly doubled the district's treated-water capacity (0.59 to 1.08 MGD) by adding a third well and three pressure filters coated with manganese-dioxide media.
History4
- 1819Land laid out by Virginia statesman Philip Doddridge as "Philipsburgh."
- 1880Renamed Brilliant after the Brilliant Glass Company built a factory at the adjoining La Grange settlement.
- 1993Village formally disincorporated (November 24), becoming an unincorporated community; the water/sewer utility is a legally separate special district, not a village department, per Ohio Auditor of…
- 2024Ohio EPA cited the water system for a health-based treatment-technique violation opening 10/17/2024, returned to compliance 2/3/2025 (SDWIS/EPA federal records).
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Now sourced (previously unfound): the district draws from wells first developed in the 1920s (Well No. 1, 1927; Well No. 2, 1945) plus a third well added under a ~2015-2017 capacity project. Raw water receives pre-oxidation with sodium hypochlorite, filtration through three vertical pressure…
Source: westechwater.com
Water pressure
Not published; no pressure or pressure-zone figures found in any source reached this session.
What it costs
No published residential rate schedule for Brilliant Water & Sewer District specifically was found. (A Jefferson County Water and Sewer District rate schedule was found in search…
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment technique violation Health-based TT violation opened 10/17/2024, return-to-compliance 2/3/2025, per EPA SDWIS federal records; secondary… | N/A violation | N/A | 2024-202… |
| Monitoring/reporting violations Multiple non-health-based monitoring & reporting violations recurring since 2018, most recently opened 7/2/2025, per… | N/A violation | N/A | 2018-202… |
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Historical range from EPA SDWIS/UCMR5-derived summary (secondary source, older data); added this session, lower… | 23 (avg) / 32.8… ppb | 80 | 2012-201… |
| Copper Historical range, secondary source (SDWIS/UCMR5 summary). | 247 (avg) / 684… ppb | 1300 | 2012-201… |
| Nitrate Historical range, secondary source. | 1180 (avg) /… ppb | 10000 | 2012-201… |
| HAA5 Historical range, secondary source. | 7.23 (avg) /… ppb | 60 | 2012-201… |
| Barium Historical range, secondary source. | 78.1 (avg) /… ppb | 2000 | 2012-201… |
Source: data.epa.govpurewaterguys.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 2.1 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Lead and Copper Rule (lead) · treatment technique violation · returned to compliance
8 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 7 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans1
Recent and current work
- Well and filtration-plant capacity upgrade (3rd well + 3 pressure filters) · $3.6 million · 2015-2017 · completed
Raised finished-water capacity from ~0.59 MGD to 1.08 MGD (750 gpm); iron/manganese now non-detect in finished water, per Westech Water case study.
Source: westechwater.com
Supply stress
Small groundwater system (3 wells, ~2,000 population, roughly 560-766 connections across sources) with a recent history of recurring EPA monitoring/reporting violations and one 2024 health-based treatment-technique violation, suggesting operational/compliance strain rather than raw-supply shortage. The district's own audited financials…
Source: data.epa.govohioauditor.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
The utility is legally the "Brilliant Water and Sewer District," a body corporate and politic (not a village department) governed by a 5-member Board of Trustees elected by water customers, per its Ohio Auditor of State-filed regular audit (FY2021-2022). It provides both water and sewer service, but the wastewater treatment plant's own…
Storm
Not published in sources reached this session.
Source: ohioauditor.gov
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
- 43913 · Wells Township and Brilliant90% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 43938 · Mingo Junction1% 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
Brilliant Water and Sewer does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
1 system on record buys water from Brilliant Water and Sewer: Jefferson Co. W and S District- A.
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: en.wikipedia.org, ohioauditor.gov, westechwater.com
History: en.wikipedia.org, ohioauditor.gov, data.epa.gov
Water quality: data.epa.gov, purewaterguys.com
Capital projects: westechwater.com
Sewers: ohioauditor.gov
Treatment: westechwater.com
Supply stress: data.epa.gov, ohioauditor.gov