Water system
Pomeroy Village
EPA ID OH5300212 · Meigs County · 1,800 people served · owned by a local government
Pomeroy Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (2 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 2
- Serves
- 1,800 people · Meigs County
- EPA ID
- OH5300212
About this area's water
Did you know
- The Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy is built into a cliffside with three stories, each having its own ground-level entrance — distinctive enough to be featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- The steam towboat Condor, built at Pomeroy in 1836, was among the first coal- rather than wood-fired boats on the Ohio River, reflecting the village's 19th-century role as a coal-shipping hub.
- The village peaked at roughly 5,000 residents around 1870 and has been in population decline ever since coal and salt production failed to resume after World War II.
- Pomeroy has weathered repeated disasters beyond flooding, including major fires in 1851, 1856, 1884, 1927, and 1976.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
History6
- 1819Coal mining began in the Pomeroy area, which came to dominate the local economy for over a century.
- 1836The steam towboat Condor — one of the first coal-fired (rather than wood-fired) boats on the Ohio River — was built at Pomeroy, reflecting the village's emergence as a 19th-century coal-shipping hub.
- 1884One of the village's most disastrous floods struck (also a major fire year).
- 1913A major flood hit Pomeroy, among the worst in its history.
- 1937The Ohio River flood of 1937, one of the most disastrous on record for the village.
- 1945Coal and salt production in the area was not resumed after World War II ('when the war was over, coal and salt production was not resumed' — Wikipedia), leading to sustained economic and population decline.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgwtap.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Pomeroy draws from 2 groundwater wells (underground aquifer, per the village's CCR summary) and disinfects before distribution.
Source: tapwaterdata.com
Water quality & impurities3
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile) EPA's record of 9 sampling rounds, 2016 to 2025. Highest 90th-percentile result 5.1 ppb (2018). Each figure sums up a round of taps, not one tap. | 1.3 ppb | 15 (action level) | 2025 |
| Missed testing EPA logs testing missed or reported late: disinfection byproducts (2015, 2024), nitrate, gross alpha and radium-228 (2020), coliform (2022), lead and copper (2024, 2026). | not measured | 2015 to 2026 | |
| Lead service line inventory EPA lists an open violation from Oct. 17, 2024, the day after the inventory of lead service lines was due. It is a records violation, not lead found in water. | not a test result | 2024 |
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.3 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2024Lead and Copper Rule Revisions · lead service line inventory missing or incomplete (a records requirement, not a lead test result) · open
21 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 8 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 12 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 1 health-based.
Projects & plans1
Recent and current work
- SR 833 sanitary sewer extension · $3.7 million · 2019
$500,000 H2Ohio grant (announced Nov. 2019) toward a ~$3.7M project extending ~15,000 ft of 8-inch sanitary sewer, 92 manholes, and a new lift station to connect ~80 previously septic-served homes (about 200 residents) along SR 833.
Source: wtap.com
Supply stress
EPA's violation record for Pomeroy shows no test result above a legal limit; it is mostly missed testing and missing reports. Since 2020 it logs 8 violations for required testing that was missed or reported late and 11 for the yearly water quality report or a public notice. One violation that EPA counts as health-based is open since October 2024: the lead service line inventory, a records requirement and not a lead test result. Ohio EPA activated a source-water protection program for the system on March 9, 2023.
Sewers
Sanitary
Pomeroy operates its own wastewater treatment plant, discharging under an Ohio EPA NPDES permit to the Ohio River. In 2019 the village received a $500,000 H2Ohio grant toward a ~$3.7M, ~15,000-ft sanitary sewer extension along SR 833 serving ~80 previously septic-served homes.
Storm
The village sits along the Ohio River and has a documented history of severe flooding (1884, 1913, 1937).
Source: wtap.com
Serves
Main water supplier in 1 ZIP code
- 45769 · Pomeroy32% 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
Pomeroy 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 Pomeroy Village.
What the records show about Pomeroy Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Pomeroy Village as owned by a local government. It has 790 service connections and serves 1,800 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 740-992-2246.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Pomeroy Village: aeration, corrosion control, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, granular activated carbon, and ion-exchange softening.
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 counts 1 health-based violation for Pomeroy Village since 2015. Health-based means a contaminant above its legal limit or a required treatment step not carried out. It falls into 1 separate problem (one contaminant or rule in one year); the table lists it.
EPA logs 21 violations of any kind since 2020: 8 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 12 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 1 health-based.
| Year | Contaminant or rule | Kind | Measured | Limit | Status in EPA's record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lead and Copper Rule Revisions | lead service line inventory missing or incomplete (a records requirement, not a lead test result) | not on file | not on file | open |
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 November 2026).
Lead and copper at the tap
In the sampling period ending December 2025, the 90th-percentile lead result at Pomeroy Village was 1.3 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.
The highest result on file is 5.1 ppb, in the period ending December 2018.
EPA has 9 sampling periods on file for Pomeroy Village since 2016, the first ending in 2016; no period was above 10 ppb.
EPA's service line inventory dashboard lists Pomeroy Village with no line counts; its status reads: did not report any required service line types.
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.
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
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Pomeroy Village (latest sample June 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
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 Pomeroy Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 4.1 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 9.9 µg/L and the highest single sample was 16.1 µg/L, from 14 samples taken from 2012 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 14 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 4.1 µg/L (2019) | 9.9 µg/L | 16.1 µg/L | 14 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 14 |
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 10 samples was 4.1 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2015; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 2.69 mg/L. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic: the highest of 3 samples was 3.7 µg/L (limit 10); detections averaged 3.7; none over the limit.
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 10 | 4.1 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 3 | 3.7 µg/L | 10 µg/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. Not detected: atrazine in 2 samples, alachlor in 2 samples, 2,4-D in 3 samples, chromium in 3 samples, cadmium in 3 samples, barium in 3 samples, mercury in 3 samples, selenium in 3 samples, thallium in 3 samples.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 2 | 0 of 2 | 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 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 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 291 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Pomeroy Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 37 did.
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 Pomeroy 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 0.16 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Pomeroy Village.
Measured fluoride: every sample at the plant's entry points in 2018 was below the 0.2 mg/L reporting limit; detected samples in earlier years ran at 0.25 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.
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of Pomeroy Village with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
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 OH5300212 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org, wtap.com
Capital projects: wtap.com
Rates: villagepomeroy.us
Sewers: wtap.com
Treatment: tapwaterdata.com