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 byproducts (TTHM and HAA5) 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: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 2 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
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.
What the records show about South Point Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes South Point Village as owned by a local government. It has 2,061 service connections and serves 4,133 people.
EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.
EPA's record says it has substantially implemented source water protection under Ohio's program, dating the program from 2023. Its office telephone on EPA's record is 740-377-4838.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for South Point Village: chlorine disinfection and iron and manganese removal.
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's record shows no health-based violations for South Point Village since 2015.
EPA logs 3 violations of any kind since 2020: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 2 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
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 South Point Village was 3.8 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.
EPA has 9 sampling periods on file for South Point Village since 2016, the first ending in 2017; 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 South Point Village sent EPA, 1,912 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 16 |
| Not lead | 1,896 |
| All lines | 1,912 |
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
EPA's fifth national round of testing (UCMR 5) took 2 samples of the water entering the pipes of South Point Village in 2024 to 2025 and measured 29 PFAS.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected, against a federal limit of 4 ng/L each.
The highest PFAS results were PFHxS 8.5 ng/L and PFBS 4 ng/L.
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of South Point Village (latest sample June 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
| Compound | Highest result | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| PFOA | not detected | 4 ng/L |
| PFOS | not detected | 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 South Point Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 5.8 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 10.5 µg/L and the highest single sample was 10.5 µg/L, from 13 samples taken from 2013 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 0 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 0 µg/L and the highest single sample was 0 µg/L, from 13 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 5.8 µg/L (2019) | 10.5 µg/L | 10.5 µg/L | 13 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 13 |
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 5.2 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2012; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 2.26 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).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 8 | 5.2 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 3 | not detected | 10 µg/L | 0 |
| Combined radium | 1 | not detected | 5 pCi/L | 0 |
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. Benzene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and vinyl chloride were not detected in 3 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
"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 all nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 35.6 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, 2,4-D, chromium, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and thallium, in 3 samples each.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| 2,4-D | Farm chemical | 70 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 3 | 3 of 3 | 35.6 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
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, 0 of 443 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at South Point Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 61 did. E. coli was never found in the 4 samples 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 South Point Village 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 0.19 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at South Point Village.
Measured fluoride: 0.2 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2018 (too little to protect teeth); samples ran from 0.2 to 0.21 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.
Lithium
Lithium was not detected in 2 UCMR 5 samples at South Point Village, last sampled in 2025 (the method reports from 9 µg/L).
Lithium is not regulated. EPA's draft health reference level is 10 µg/L, and it occurs naturally in deep groundwater, so well systems in the northwest run highest.
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026), samples from 2023 to 2025.
Water and sewer bills
Ohio EPA's 2023 rate survey puts the water bill at South Point Village for a household using 5,000 gallons a month at $336 a year, about $28 a month.
| Use | Water, per year | Sewer, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500 gallons a month | $336 | not on file |
| 5,000 gallons a month | $336 | not on file |
| 8,000 gallons a month | $336 | not on file |
The survey lists it as “South Point”. These are inside-city rates and annual bills at the use shown.
Source: Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State University, May 2025).
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of South Point Village with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Counting the people who live in the ZIP codes it overlaps, this atlas estimates 5,746 residents are inside the boundary, 139% of the 4,133 people South Point Village reports serving.
The resident count is an estimate from 2020 Census ZIP-code populations, not a count of customers.
Source: EPA Service Area Boundaries; resident estimate by this atlas from ZIP-code overlap.
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
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH4401212 (EPA ECHO).
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