Water system
Lagrange Village
EPA ID OH4700603 · Lorain County · 2,400 people served · owned by a local government
Lagrange Village buys its water from Rural Lorain Co. Water A.
The system's record
Also connected to New London Village (Buck Creek, impounded in New London's upground reservoir), Ashland City (Jerome Fork Basin sand-and-gravel aquifer (wells)), used as a secondary or emergency supply.
- Water bodies
- Lake Erie
- Raw intakes
- Avon Lake Lake Erie
- Serves
- 23,659 people · Lorain County
- EPA ID
- OH4700311
Avon Lake Regional Water operates two Lake Erie intakes (54" and 36") and its filtration plant on the lakeshore; it wholesales to Avon, North Ridgeville, Sheffield/Sheffield Lake, RLCWA, and the City of Medina.
About this area's water
Did you know
- LaGrange's tap water is a three-source blend: RLCWA buys already-treated water from Avon Lake (Lake Erie), the Village of New London (a 220-acre, 1.4-billion-gallon reservoir on Buck Creek), and the City of Ashland (12…
- RLCWA, headquartered in LaGrange, is organized under ORC Chapter 6119 and serves all or part of 28 townships, six villages and one city -- primarily in Lorain County but reaching into parts of seven counties (Lorain…
- The village's name honors the Marquis de Lafayette's French estate, Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau -- chosen by early resident Dr. Eber Ward Hubbard, who admired the general; 'la grange' means 'the farm' or 'the barn' in…
History4
- 1825Nathan Clark and family arrive Nov. 14, 1825, the first permanent settlers of LaGrange Township, building a log cabin with help from James Pelton and two others; more families (Disbrow, Graves…
- 1875Village of LaGrange incorporated April 5, 1875; 103 voters elected the first officials, including Mayor Judson E. Willard. The village was named by Dr. Eber Ward Hubbard for the Marquis de…
- 1973-74Rural Lorain County Water Authority formed under ORC Chapter 6119 by petition of sixteen townships and two villages; final judgment entered April 1974. It later became one of LaGrange's bulk water…
- 2026LaGrange Village Council held a special Committee of the Whole meeting on July 23, 2026, limited to income tax and water rates -- indicating an active rate review.
Source: villageoflagrangeohio.govrlcwa.comvillageoflagrangeohio.gov
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
LaGrange buys finished (already treated) water rather than treating its own. Its wholesaler, Rural Lorain County Water Authority, blends purchased, already-disinfected-and-filtered water from three sources per RLCWA's 2025 CCR: Avon Lake Regional Water (Lake Erie surface water), the Village of New…
Source: cms9files.revize.com
Water pressure
Not published for LaGrange specifically; no pressure-zone data located in any source reviewed.
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) RLCWA system-wide result, blending Avon Lake/New London/Ashland sources; range 18-79.4 ppb across sources. Confirmed in… | 59.125 ppb | 80 ppb MCL | 2025 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Range 9.8-39.4 ppb. Confirmed in RLCWA's 2025 CCR. | 31.475 ppb | 60 ppb MCL | 2025 |
| Nitrate Village of New London source component of RLCWA's blend (range ND-0.94 ppm); Avon Lake 0.925 ppm and Ashland 0.53 ppm… | 0.94 ppm | 10 ppm MCL | 2025 |
| Fluoride New London source component; blend also includes Avon Lake 0.71 ppm and Ashland 1.07 ppm. Confirmed in RLCWA's 2025 CCR. | 1.16 ppm | 4 ppm MCL | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 32 samples exceeded the lead action level. Confirmed in RLCWA's 2025 CCR. | <1 ppb | 15 ppb action… | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile) Corrosion of household plumbing / natural erosion. Confirmed in RLCWA's 2025 CCR. | 0.05752 ppm | 1.3 ppm action… | 2025 |
| Radium (combined 226/228) Village of New London source component (Ashland's separately tested level was 0.189 pCi/L, from 2014 testing).… | 1.26 pCi/L | 5 pCi/L MCL | 2024 |
Source: cms9files.revize.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Haloacetic acids (HAA5) · exceeded a maximum contaminant level · measured 0.09 MG/L (limit 0.06 MG/L) · returned to compliance
EPA's count of 2 includes 1 repeat quarterly violation of the problems listed.
6 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 4 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
EPA compliance record · Avon Lake City (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (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 & plans1
Planned or needed
- LaGrange water meter replacement · 2026 · planned
Confirmed via Ohio EPA public-comment filing (loan FS390499-0009): Ohio EPA intends to finance the project through its Water Supply Revolving Loan Account…
Supply stress
Per RLCWA's 2025 CCR: Ohio EPA's source water assessment flags the City of Ashland groundwater component (one of RLCWA's three purchased sources) as HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY, due to a thin discontinuous clay layer, shallow depth to water, and significant contaminant sources in the protection area (Ashland has an Ohio-EPA-approved protection…
Source: cms9files.revize.com
Sewers
Sanitary
LaGrange's own sewer operator and treatment plant were not identified in any source reviewed. The Village's Utilities Department bills jointly for water, wastewater and refuse (confirmed on the Village's own water-sewage page), but no dedicated sewer infrastructure page, treatment plant, or operator was found -- this appears to be a…
Storm
The Village of LaGrange also bills separately for storm sewer service alongside water, sanitary sewer and trash (confirmed on the Village's utility-billing page), but no further detail on storm sewer infrastructure or operator was found.
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
- 44050 · Lagrange Township and Lagrange46% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 44044 · Grafton1% 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
Lagrange Village buys its water from Rural Lorain Co. Water A, which buys from Avon Lake City.
No other system is on record buying water from Lagrange 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: villageoflagrangeohio.gov, rlcwa.com
History: villageoflagrangeohio.gov, rlcwa.com, villageoflagrangeohio.gov
Water quality: cms9files.revize.com
Planned work: dam.assets.ohio.gov, villageoflagrangeohio.gov
Rates: rlcwa.com, villageoflagrangeohio.gov
Sewers: villageoflagrangeohio.gov, villageoflagrangeohio.gov
Treatment: cms9files.revize.com
Supply stress: cms9files.revize.com