Water system
Russells Point Village
EPA ID OH4602212 · Logan County · 1,651 people served · owned by a local government
Russells Point Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 1,651 people · Logan County
- EPA ID
- OH4602212
About this area's water
Did you know
- Russells Point sits directly on the south shore of Indian Lake, a longtime Ohio summer resort destination, and takes its name from landowner James Russell.
- The village's distribution system has zero lead, galvanized, or lead-status-unknown service lines, based on visual inspection and historic construction records (confirmed in the 2025 CCR).
- An EF-3 tornado tore through the village on March 14, 2024, killing at least three residents and heavily damaging the small water system's surrounding community.
- Only 3 of the village's 5 original municipal wells (#3, #4, #5) are still active — wells #1 and #2 have been abandoned (confirmed in the 2025 CCR).
History4
- 1913A post office named Russells Point began operating, named for landowner James Russell; the lakeside village grew as an Indian Lake resort town.
- 2023Village raised water usage rates in January for the first time since June 2021, a 17% (about $1.00/1,000 gal) increase, citing supply costs up as much as 30% (confirmed directly on the village's…
- 2024An EF-3 tornado struck Russells Point on March 14, 2024, killing at least three people and severely damaging homes and businesses village-wide.
- 2025Ohio EPA completed a Limited Environmental Review for a village water distribution system project to be financed through the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) program; the village also held…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgrussellspoint-oh.govirp.cdn-website.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Water is pumped from 3 active groundwater wells (wells #3, #4, #5; wells #1 and #2 are abandoned) north and east of the village's water treatment plant, then disinfected with chlorine before distribution (2025 CCR shows a running-average total chlorine residual of 1.12 ppm, range 0.08–1.68 ppm).
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
Water pressure
Not published — no numeric pressure figure appears in the 2025 CCR or on the village site.
What it costs
Confirmed directly on the village's water-department page: effective January 2023, the usage charge rose about $1.00 per 1,000 gallons (~17%), with the fixed/base charge…
Water quality & impurities9
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Chlorine (running average) Range of detection 0.08–1.68 ppm; disinfectant residual, no violation. | 1.12 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Disinfection byproduct; range of individual detections 54.3–110 ppb, no violation. | 44.52 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Disinfection byproduct; range of detection 6.4–32.4 ppb, no violation. | 13.9 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Fluoride Naturally occurring plus water additive; no violation. | 0.79 ppm | 4 | 2024 |
| Barium Erosion of natural deposits / drilling waste discharge; no violation. | 0.935 ppm | 2 | 2024 |
| Nitrate Runoff from fertilizer/septic/erosion; well below limit. | 1.33 ppm | 10 | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level; no lead/galvanized service lines in system. | 1.2 ppb | 15 (action… | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. | 0.671 ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2025 |
| Gross Alpha (excluding radon and… Erosion of natural deposits; no violation. | 5.7 pCi/L | 15 (MCL; MCLG 0) | 2021 |
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.2 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 & plans2
Recent and current work
- Water distribution system project · 2025 · planned
Ohio EPA completed a Limited Environmental Review for a village water distribution project intended for WSRLA financing; cost not yet published.
Source: russellspoint-oh.gov
Planned or needed
- WSRLA-financed water distribution system improvements · 2025 · planned
Listed via Ohio EPA's Water Supply Revolving Loan Account program pending final financing/cost details.
Source: russellspoint-oh.gov
Supply stress
Ohio EPA rates the aquifer susceptibility for Russells Point's well field as MODERATE, meaning potential contamination sources exist within the wellhead protection area even though no current contamination has been found (confirmed verbatim in the 2025 CCR); the village continues source-water protection measures.
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Not confirmed — no wastewater treatment plant, NPDES permit, or provider was identified in sources reviewed; Russells Point also reported no sewer rate data to Ohio EPA's 2022 statewide rate survey (which it did answer for water), consistent with — though not conclusive proof of — the village not operating its own sanitary sewer utility.
Storm
Ohio EPA's 2022 statewide rate survey lists a residential stormwater rate of $24/year for the village; no further storm-sewer/drainage detail was found. The village sits on Indian Lake's south shore, an area with known lake-level flood exposure.
Source: dam.assets.ohio.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
- 43348 · Russells Point70% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 43331 · Stokes Township and Lakeview7% 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
Russells 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 Russells Point Village.
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: irp.cdn-website.com, en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org, russellspoint-oh.gov, irp.cdn-website.com
Water quality: irp.cdn-website.com
Planned work: russellspoint-oh.gov
Capital projects: russellspoint-oh.gov
Rates: russellspoint-oh.gov, dam.assets.ohio.gov
Sewers: dam.assets.ohio.gov
Treatment: irp.cdn-website.com
Supply stress: irp.cdn-website.com