Water system

Yorkville Village

EPA ID OH4103112 · Jefferson County · 1,019 people served · owned by a local government

Groundwater wells (2 wells)
Groundwater

Yorkville Village buys its water from Tiltonsville.

The system's record

Groundwater wells (2 wells)
Groundwater
Yorkville Village buys its water from Tiltonsville. Tiltonsville treats groundwater from Groundwater wells (2 wells).
Wells: EPA lists 2 active wells. ODNR well logs locate 1 public-supply well inside Tiltonsville's wellhead protection zone, 67 ft deep, in sand. Zoom in to see them as dots.
Well 3Well N
Active wells
2
Serves
1,372 people · Jefferson County
EPA ID
OH4102712

About this area's water

Did you know
  • Yorkville sits directly on the Ohio River in Jefferson County and was originally built up as a coal-mining town.
  • The village's population has fallen by roughly half since its actual 1930 peak of 1,963 residents (968 at the 2020 census), per Census figures.
  • Yorkville operated its own two wells until October 2021, when EPA records show it deactivated them and completed its shift to buying finished water wholesale from neighboring Tiltonsville.

Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov

History2
  • 1867U.S. post office established at Yorkville, an Ohio River community that grew up as a coal-mining settlement in Jefferson County.
  • 1930Village population peaked at 1,963 residents before entering a long decline tied to the loss of mining and river-industry jobs.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Treatment & pressure

How it is treated

Yorkville no longer treats its own water. Per EPA SDWIS facility records, the village's own wells (Well 0001, Well 0002) and high-service pumps were deactivated in October 2021 and September 2022 respectively; the system now receives finished, already-treated water through an active purchase…

Source: data.epa.gov

Water pressure

Not published.

What it costs

We found no published residential rate.

Water quality & impurities1
ContaminantLevelLimitYear
Lead service line inventory
EPA logged an inventory violation on Oct. 17, 2024, the day after lead service line inventories were due, and shows it resolved Nov. 6, 2024. A records violation, not lead found in water.
not a test result 2024

Source: data.epa.gov

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 2.9 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

  • 2024Lead and Copper Rule Revisions · lead service line inventory missing or incomplete (a records requirement, not a lead test result) · returned to compliance

21 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 8 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 12 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 1 health-based.

EPA compliance record · Tiltonsville (treats the water)

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0.5 ppb in 2026 (action level 15 ppb); copper 2.09 mg/L (action level 1.3).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

4 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 3 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).

Supply stress

As a roughly 1,000-person system now wholly dependent on wholesale purchase from a single supplier (Tiltonsville) — its own wells were only decommissioned in 2021 — its main structural risk is supply-chain/contract dependency rather than a documented local source-water…

Source: data.epa.gov

Sewers

Storm

Not published/found.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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

Also present in 1 more ZIP code

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

Yorkville Village buys its water from Tiltonsville.

1 system on record buys water from Yorkville Village: Warren Water Authority.

What the records show about Yorkville Village

Who runs it

EPA's record describes Yorkville Village as owned by a local government. It has 495 service connections and serves 1,019 people.

EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.

Its office telephone on EPA's record is 740-859-5171.

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.

How the water is treated

Yorkville Village buys water that Tiltonsville treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Tiltonsville: corrosion control, chlorine disinfection, and iron and manganese removal.

Yorkville Village adds nothing of its own on that table.

The list is what each system registered with EPA for treatment plants EPA still shows as active, and it can lag a plant upgrade.

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) treatment table (EPA Envirofacts, pulled September 2026).

Violations

EPA counts 1 health-based violation for Yorkville Village since 2015. Health-based means a contaminant above its legal limit or a required treatment step not carried out. It falls into 1 separate problem (one contaminant or rule in one year); the table lists it.

EPA logs 21 violations of any kind since 2020: 8 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 12 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 1 health-based.

Health-based violations since 2015, most recent first
YearContaminant or ruleKindMeasuredLimitStatus in EPA's record
2024Lead and Copper Rule Revisionslead service line inventory missing or incomplete (a records requirement, not a lead test result)not on filenot on filereturned to compliance

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) violation records: health-based violations with compliance periods beginning in 2015 or later, all violations from 2020 or later (EPA Envirofacts, pulled September 2026).

Lead and copper at the tap

In the sampling period ending December 2025, the 90th-percentile lead result at Yorkville Village was 2.9 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.

The highest result on file is 4.9 ppb, in the period ending December 2024.

EPA has 9 sampling periods on file for Yorkville Village since 2016, the first ending in 2016; no period was above 10 ppb.

Every water system has to inventory its service lines, the pipes from the main to each building. In the inventory Yorkville Village sent EPA, 466 lines are counted.

Service lines in the inventory
MaterialLines
Lead0
Galvanized, needing replacement8
Unknown material433
Not lead25
All lines466

Systems sample taps in the homes most likely to have lead pipes or solder. The 90th-percentile result is the level nine in ten of the sampled homes were at or below. Lead comes mostly from service lines and house plumbing, not the source water, so a low result for the system does not clear an old house.

EPA's dashboard status for this inventory: reported all required service line types.

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) lead and copper 90th-percentile results (EPA Envirofacts), sampling periods ending 2016 or later; EPA's service line inventory dashboard, Ohio's 2026 Q2 submission.

PFAS

Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Yorkville Village (latest sample October 2020). The highest result was PFBS at 9.2 ppt (ppt is the same unit as ng/L), against Ohio's action level of 2,100 ppt. Those action levels are the ones Ohio EPA used for the survey; the 2024 federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L.

PFAS are the 'forever chemicals' from firefighting foam, plating shops and non-stick coatings. Results are for water leaving the plant, not your tap.

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026); Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling, 2019 to 2021, and its sampling status map.

Disinfection byproducts

Chlorine that disinfects water also reacts with organic matter to form byproducts. Two groups have federal limits: total trihalomethanes (TTHM, 80 µg/L) and five haloacetic acids (HAA5, 60 µg/L), judged on running yearly averages at each sampling site.

For TTHM, the average of Yorkville Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 3.7 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 23.6 µg/L and the highest single sample was 34.9 µg/L, from 15 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.

For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 0 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 3.2 µg/L and the highest single sample was 6.5 µg/L, from 15 samples.

Disinfection byproducts in the distribution system
ByproductLimitLatest yearly averageWorst yearly averageHighest sampleSamples
TTHM80 µg/L3.7 µg/L (2019)23.6 µg/L34.9 µg/L15
HAA560 µg/L0 µg/L3.2 µg/L6.5 µg/L15

A yearly average of 0 means nothing was detected in that year's samples. EPA's file stops at 2019; Ohio EPA's Drinking Water Watch has newer results.

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, distribution-system samples (non-detects counted as zero).

Nitrate, arsenic and radioactivity

Nitrate: the highest of 8 samples was 0.96 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2017; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 0.76 mg/L. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.

Arsenic was not detected in 3 samples (limit 10 µg/L).

Nitrate, arsenic and radioactivity in finished water, 2012 to 2019
ContaminantSamplesHighest resultLimitSamples over limit
Nitrate (as nitrogen)80.96 mg/L10 mg/L0
Arsenic3not detected10 µg/L0

Measured in finished water: at the plant's entry points and in the distribution system; raw well and intake samples are left out. Non-detects count as zero.

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.

Solvents and fuels

EPA's file holds results for all six solvent and fuel compounds it checked. tetrachloroethylene (PCE) was detected in 14 of 15 samples, highest 1.5 µg/L (limit 5). Benzene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and vinyl chloride were not detected in 15 samples each.

Solvents and fuels in finished water, 2012 to 2019
CompoundLimitSamplesDetected inHighest resultSamples over limit
Benzene5 µg/L150 of 15not detected0
Carbon tetrachloride5 µg/L150 of 15not detected0
1,2-dichloroethane5 µg/L150 of 15not detected0
Trichloroethylene (TCE)5 µg/L150 of 15not detected0
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)5 µg/L1514 of 151.5 µg/L0
Vinyl chloride2 µg/L150 of 15not detected0

"Not detected" means the lab's result was below what its method can measure, not that the compound is absent. Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.

Farm chemicals and metals

EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: chromium in 1 of 3 samples, highest 20.5 µg/L (limit 100); barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 74.1 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and thallium, in 3 samples each.

Herbicides and metals in finished water, 2012 to 2019
SubstanceKindLimitSamplesDetected inHighest resultSamples over limit
AtrazineFarm chemical3 µg/L30 of 3not detected0
AlachlorFarm chemical2 µg/L30 of 3not detected0
ChromiumMetal100 µg/L31 of 320.5 µg/L0
CadmiumMetal5 µg/L30 of 3not detected0
BariumMetal2,000 µg/L33 of 374.1 µg/L0
MercuryMetal2 µg/L30 of 3not detected0
SeleniumMetal50 µg/L30 of 3not detected0
ThalliumMetal2 µg/L30 of 3not detected0

Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.

Bacteria in the pipes

From 2012 to 2019, 1 of 195 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Yorkville Village tested positive (0.51%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 24 did. E. coli was never found in the 1 sample tested for it.

A positive coliform test is a warning sign, not a violation by itself. E. coli is a sign that human or animal waste may have reached the water. Coliform counts are routine samples only; E. coli counts include repeat samples.

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, distribution-system presence/absence tests for total coliform and E. coli.

Fluoride

The Ohio Department of Health's report to the CDC (My Water's Fluoride) says Yorkville Village buys its water from Tiltonsville, a system that has fluoride from natural sources, but at a level below what is recommended for preventing tooth decay, and does not adjust it. The level it reports is 0.17 mg/L.

EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Tiltonsville, which treats the water Yorkville Village buys.

Measured fluoride: 0.39 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2018 (below the 0.7 mg/L target); samples ran from 0.31 to 0.39 mg/L across 3 samples in 2012 to 2019.

The recommended level for preventing tooth decay is 0.7 mg/L; the federal limit is 4 mg/L. The treatment list is what each system registered with EPA and can lag a plant upgrade.

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched September 2026); EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) treatment table; EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, entry-point fluoride samples.

How well the service area is mapped

EPA estimated the service area of Yorkville Village with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.

Source: EPA Service Area Boundaries; resident estimate by this atlas from ZIP-code overlap.

Photograph

Business district street scene in Yorkville, Ohio, which draws its water from groundwater wells
Business district street scene in Yorkville, Ohio, which draws its water from groundwater wellsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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

EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH4103112 (EPA ECHO).

Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov

History: en.wikipedia.org

Water quality: data.epa.gov

Sewers: en.wikipedia.org

Treatment: data.epa.gov

Supply stress: data.epa.gov

Quick answers

Where does Yorkville Village get its water?

Yorkville Village buys its water from Tiltonsville.

How many people does Yorkville Village serve?

Yorkville Village serves about 1,019 people, and is the main water system for 1 ZIP code.

Who owns Yorkville Village?

Yorkville Village is owned by a local government.

Is there lead in Yorkville Village water?

In 2024 testing, Yorkville Village's 90th-percentile lead level in tap samples was not a test result ppb. EPA logged an inventory violation on Oct. 17, 2024, the day after lead service line inventories were due, and shows it resolved Nov. 6, 2024. A records violation, not lead found in water.

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