Water system
Buckeye Lake, Village Of
EPA ID OH4564712 · Licking County · 2,746 people served · owned by a local government
Buckeye Lake, Village Of buys its water from Millersport Village.
The system's record
- Active wells
- 4
- Serves
- 3,200 people · Fairfield County
- EPA ID
- OH2301212
About this area's water
Did you know
- Buckeye Lake's entire water distribution system is younger than its dam crisis — it was installed in 2009-2010, all in lead-free plastic pipe.
- The village doesn't treat a drop of its own drinking water; every gallon is purchased finished from neighboring Millersport.
- In 2015, ODNR drained the lake the village is named for after engineers rated its 1830s-era dam a high failure risk, though this didn't affect the drinking-water wells.
- A local citizen volunteer group's review of sewer financing options in the early 2010s found a 1% loan that saved the village millions over the bonds originally proposed by county commissioners.
History4
- 2009-2010Village's water distribution system was installed (2009) and went online (2010) with all-plastic service lines; the 2025 CCR's lead service line inventory confirms no lead, galvanized, or…
- 2013Buckeye Lake withdraws from Union Township, forming its own paper township, Buckeye Lake Township.
- 2015ODNR orders emergency drawdown of Buckeye Lake after an Army Corps report finds the 1830s-era dam at high risk of failure, displacing lake-based tourism and businesses for the season (unrelated to…
- 2018CORRECTED: Council did NOT reverse the proposed hike. It affirmed a steep, previously adopted increase — marginal usage over 2,000 gal rose 53% ($6.50 to $9.95/1,000 gal) and the base rate rose 11.9%…
Source: buckeyelakevillage.comen.wikipedia.orgbuckeyelakebeacon.net
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Buckeye Lake buys all its finished drinking water from the Millersport Water Treatment Facility, which draws from four wells at Deep Cut Road/Refugee Street in Millersport; Millersport treats with gravity iron and manganese filtration, ion-exchange softening, and chlorination, and can produce up to…
Source: buckeyelakevillage.com
Water pressure
Not published in the CCR or any ordinance found.
What it costs
$11.42 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $39 a month for water.
2026 rate (Ordinance 2026-02, amending the 2023-2027 schedule set by Ordinance 2022-48): $39.35 basic charge per EDU for the first 2,000 gal, plus $11.42 per additional 1,000 gal…
Source: buckeyelakevillage.com
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Disinfection byproduct; not a violation. | 75.3 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Disinfection byproduct, well below MCL. | 14.3 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Gross Alpha (radioactive) Erosion of natural deposits; Millersport source water. | 4.50 pCi/L | 15 | 2020 |
| Fluoride Water additive; Millersport source water. | 1.02 ppm | 4 | 2023 |
| Nitrate Runoff/erosion; well below MCL. | 0.205 ppm | 10 | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples over the action level. | 1.4 ppb | 15.5 (action… | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples over the action level. | 471 ppb | 1350 (action… | 2025 |
| PFAS (6 regulated compounds) Millersport's first PFAS compliance sampling event (Nov. 4, 2025); all non-detect. | non-detect ng/L | EPA 2024 PFAS… | 2025 |
| Barium Erosion of natural deposits; Millersport source water; well below MCL. | 0.187 ppm | 2 | 2023 |
| Arsenic Erosion of natural deposits; Millersport source water; well below MCL. | <1.0 ppb | 10 | 2025 |
Source: buckeyelakevillage.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.4 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
EPA compliance record · Millersport Village (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0.6 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
1 violation of any kind logged since 2020, 1 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans3
Recent and current work
- Village water distribution system installation · 2010 · completed
All-plastic service lines installed 2009-2010; system has no lead or galvanized lines per the 2025 CCR inventory. - Bulk-water purchase agreement with Millersport · completed
Buckeye Lake has purchased 100% of its finished water from Millersport since its distribution system went online in 2010. Origin date and specific…
Source: buckeyelakevillage.com
Planned or needed
- Multi-year water rate schedule (2023-2027) · under construction
Rates step up annually through Jan. 2027 per Ordinance 2026-02 (amending Ordinance 2022-48): basic EDU rate rises from $39.35 to $39.90 and the…
Source: buckeyelakevillage.com
Supply stress
Not source-constrained for drinking water: Millersport's source aquifer is rated low-susceptibility by Ohio EPA (75 ft depth to water, ~70 ft of protective clay/sand/gravel above it, per the source water assessment cited in the CCR). The larger local water-stress issue is unrelated to the drinking supply — Buckeye Lake itself sits behind…
Source: buckeyelakevillage.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Licking County Water & Wastewater provides sanitary sewer service to the village; the current published residential rate is $49.00/month per ERU on a 4,500-gallon/month basis (2025 rate schedule) — CORRECTED from a previously stated ~$55/month. A major 2010-2012 rate fight centered on financing a Buckeye Lake-area wastewater treatment…
Storm
No dedicated stormwater utility identified; local street flooding (e.g., Highland Avenue) has reportedly been addressed ad hoc with drainage ditches and a sump pump, per 2018-era local reporting. Could not independently re-verify this specific claim; flagged…
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
- 43008 · Buckeye Lake77% of residents
Also present in 3 more ZIP codes
- 43076 · Thorn Township and Thornville7% of residents
- 43025 · Hebron2% of residents
- 43046 · Walnut Township and Millersport1% 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
Buckeye Lake, Village Of buys its water from Millersport Village.
No other system is on record buying water from Buckeye Lake, Village Of.
Photograph
On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 4 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: buckeyelakevillage.com, buckeyelakebeacon.net
History: buckeyelakevillage.com, en.wikipedia.org, buckeyelakebeacon.net, en.wikipedia.org
Water quality: buckeyelakevillage.com
Planned work: buckeyelakevillage.com
Capital projects: buckeyelakevillage.com
Rates: buckeyelakevillage.com
Sewers: lickingcounty.gov, buckeyelakebeacon.net
Treatment: buckeyelakevillage.com
Supply stress: buckeyelakevillage.com