Water system
South Point Village
EPA ID OH4401212 · Lawrence County · 4,133 people served · owned by a local government
South Point Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (5 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 5
- Serves
- 4,133 people · Lawrence County
- EPA ID
- OH4401212
About this area's water
Did you know
- South Point is the southernmost incorporated municipality in Ohio and sits in the Huntington-Ashland metro area at the Ohio-West Virginia-Kentucky tri-point (Wikipedia).
- Three of the village's drinking water wells are in the Village Park, and a sixth was being drilled there in 2025 - residents picnic on top of the well field.
- The plant doses potassium permanganate and runs the water through sand filters to strip iron and manganese out of Ohio River valley alluvium before chlorinating it.
- The village pumped 11.66 million gallons of water in June 2026 and treated 30 million gallons of sewage in the same month - the sewer plant handles far more flow than the water plant produces, a signature of…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgvillageofsouthpoint.comvillageofsouthpoint.com
History6
- 1855A post office called South Point began operating in Fayette Township (Wikipedia).
- 1888The Village of South Point was established/incorporated (Wikipedia).
- 2009Sewer improvements financed through an Ohio Public Works Commission issue still being repaid from the sewer fund in 2026.
- 2015Ohio EPA recorded routine major monitoring violations for two disinfection byproduct contaminant codes covering calendar 2015; the village returned to compliance in September 2016.
- 2017Solida sewer bond issued; debt service is still transferred monthly from the sewer fund.
- 2018Ohio Water Development Authority loan taken for rehabilitation of the wastewater plant clarifiers.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgvillageofsouthpoint.comvillageofsouthpoint.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from the Ohio River Valley Alluvial Aquifer System. The 2025 CCR describes five wells - three in the Village Park, one at the Filter Building at 206 2nd Street West and one about 100 yards off Hooper Drive - plus a sixth under construction in the Village Park, together rated at roughly…
Source: villageofsouthpoint.comdata.epa.govvillageofsouthpoint.com
Water pressure
Not published; neither the CCR, the utilities pages nor council minutes give a pressure range.
Source: villageofsouthpoint.com
What it costs
$7.25 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $49 a month for water.
Water service, residential 5/8-inch meter: $41.50 covering the first 4,000 gallons, then $7.25 per additional 1,000 gallons; commercial minimums run $46.50 (1 inch) to $291.50 (6…
Source: villageofsouthpoint.comvillageofsouthpoint.comvillageofsouthpoint.com
Water quality & impurities9
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate The 2025 report also corrects the prior year: nitrate in 2024 was 5.59 ppm with a range of 3.47-5.59 ppm, over half the… | 2.10 mg/L | 10 (MCL) | 2025 |
| Lead 0 of 20 samples above the action level. | 3.8 (90th… ppb | 15 (action… | 2025 |
| Copper 0 of 20 samples above the action level. | 0.378 (90th… ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2025 |
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Very low; individual byproducts chloroform 0.2, dibromochloromethane 0.5, bromodichloromethane 0.5 and bromoform 0.2… | 1.1 (range… ppb | 80 (MCL) | 2025 |
| Total chlorine Residual disinfectant. | 0.81 (range… ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| PFHxS UCMR5 fifth-round sampling; PFBS was also detected at 0.0034 ppb (3.4 ng/L). Neither PFOA nor PFOS is reported as… | 0.0074 (7.4… ppb | no standalone… | 2025 |
| Barium Erosion of natural deposits; beryllium was 0.06 ppb against a 4 ppb MCL, a figure the 2025 report corrects from an… | 0.039 ppm | 2 (MCL) | 2024 |
| Radium Gross alpha the same day was -0.03 +/- 0.89 pCi/L against a 15 pCi/L MCL. | 0.63 +/- 0.52 pCi/L | 5 (MCL) | 2021 |
| Fluoride Naturally occurring; South Point does not fluoridate to the 0.7 ppm optimum. | 0.17 ppm | 4 (MCL) | 2024 |
Source: villageofsouthpoint.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 3.8 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
3 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans5
Recent and current work
- Phase 1 and Phase 2 waterline replacement · 2026 · completed
Both loans are still being repaid from the water fund (about $1,061 and $5,626 transferred monthly in July 2026). No total project cost is published, so none… - Wastewater plant clarifiers rehabilitation · 2018 · completed
Financed by an Ohio Water Development Authority loan, still in repayment in 2026. - Solida sewer project · 2017 · completed
Identified only by its bond line in council minutes; scope and cost are not published.
Source: villageofsouthpoint.com
Planned or needed
- Sixth production well, Village Park · 2025 · under construction
Described in the 2025 CCR as under construction alongside the five existing wells, which together will pump about 2,000 gpm. No cost published. - Water plant filter improvements · 2026 · needed
The village administrator told council in July 2026 that the village was still waiting on recommendations for the filters; no scope or cost exists yet.
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the aquifer serving South Point as highly susceptible to contamination, citing a thin clay layer over the aquifer, significant potential contamination sources in the protection area, and manmade nitrate already present in treated water - and the village sits in the industrial Ohio River corridor…
Sewers
Sanitary
The village runs its own sanitary collection system and wastewater treatment plant - the sewer department reported treating 30 million gallons in June 2026, about 1 MGD - staffed by village crews with a 2021-financed vacuum truck. Outstanding sewer debt includes the 2017 Solida sewer bond, a 2009 OPWC sewer improvements bond and a 2018…
Storm
Not documented in village materials located.
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
- 45680 · Fayette Township and South Point47% 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
South Point 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 South Point 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
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org, villageofsouthpoint.com, villageofsouthpoint.com
History: en.wikipedia.org, villageofsouthpoint.com, villageofsouthpoint.com, data.epa.gov
Water quality: villageofsouthpoint.com
Planned work: villageofsouthpoint.com, villageofsouthpoint.com
Water pressure: villageofsouthpoint.com
Capital projects: villageofsouthpoint.com
Rates: villageofsouthpoint.com, villageofsouthpoint.com, villageofsouthpoint.com
Sewers: villageofsouthpoint.com, villageofsouthpoint.com
Treatment: villageofsouthpoint.com, data.epa.gov, villageofsouthpoint.com
Supply stress: villageofsouthpoint.com, villageofsouthpoint.com