Water system
Piketon Village
EPA ID OH6600712 · Pike County · 2,181 people served · owned by a local government
Piketon Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 2,181 people · Pike County
- EPA ID
- OH6600712
About this area's water
Did you know
- Piketon's old plant had no softening at all, and Ohio EPA reported that some residents were spending upwards of $40 a month on private household water softeners - so the new plant was built partly to make those private…
- The village financed the roughly $8M plant with a zero-percent Ohio EPA loan plus up to $3,994,717 in disadvantaged-community principal forgiveness - about half the project cost - saving an estimated $9,930,000 over a…
- Piketon's own 2025 water report voluntarily itemizes its past reporting failures from 2017 through 2020, including the year it left an individual lead result of 19.5 ppb - over the action level - out of the published…
- The 1972 pipe connecting Piketon to Pike Water, Inc. was built so Pike Water could buy Piketon's water. The flow has since reversed: it is now the emergency line through which Pike Water rescues Piketon.
- Ohio EPA seriously evaluated simply abandoning Piketon's plant and buying water from Pike Water instead, but rejected it - partly because Pike Water does not soften its water either, so the hardness complaint driving…
Source: piketonohio.govpiketonohio.gov
History6
- 1953Piketon's water treatment plant was constructed at 224 West Second Street.
- 1972Interconnection built between Piketon and Pike Water, Inc., originally so that Pike Water could purchase water from Piketon. It now functions in the opposite direction, as an emergency connection…
- 1973The water treatment plant received various process upgrades.
- 1986The 300,000-gallon single-pedestal Lucas Street Water Tower was constructed, serving downtown Piketon and the fairgrounds area.
- 2007The water treatment plant received electrical and control upgrades.
- 2013The 400,000-gallon glass-lined bolted-steel Pike Hill standpipe was constructed at the end of Skyline Drive, serving residents east of US Highway 23.
Source: piketonohio.govpiketonohio.gov
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from three wells located within the village at 224 West Second Street, averaging 70 feet deep and drawing from the Teays River Valley Aquifer; each well is rated at 500 gallons per minute, though recent testing showed some pumps operating below rating. Daily production in 2025 averaged…
Source: piketonohio.govpiketonohio.gov
Water pressure
Not published. No psi figures or pressure-zone descriptions appear in the CCR or the Ohio EPA Environmental Assessment. Storage and service areas are documented instead: the…
Source: piketonohio.govpiketonohio.gov
What it costs
Typical household bill about $54 a month for water.
PROJECTION, NOT A PUBLISHED TARIFF. Piketon publishes no rate ordinance or schedule online (the village site's utilities and projects pages return 404). Ohio EPA's May 2023…
Source: piketonohio.govpiketonohio.gov
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic Well below the MCL. Erosion of natural deposits; industrial activity. | 0.6 ppb | 10 ppb (MCL) | 2025 |
| Fluoride No violation. | 0.14 ppm | 4 ppm (MCL) | 2025 |
| Barium CCR lists level found 0.118 with range of detection 0.122. No violation. | 0.118 ppm | 2 ppm (MCL) | 2025 |
| Nitrate No violation. | 1.07 ppm | 10 ppm (MCL) | 2025 |
| Nitrite No violation. Monitored less often than annually. | 0.04 ppm | 1 ppm (MCL) | 2022 |
| Gross alpha (excluding uranium and… Erosion of natural deposits. No violation. | 4.07 pCi/L | 15 pCi/L (MCL) | 2022 |
| Total Chlorine Range 1.19-1.49 ppm. Disinfectant residual; no violation. | 1.348 ppm | 4 ppm (MRDL) | 2024-202… |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Locational running annual average across 2021-2025 samples. Individual results ranged widely, 3.9-88.3 ppb, so single… | 40.08 (LRAA) ppb | 80 ppb (MCL) | 2021-202… |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Locational running annual average; individual results ranged 0-18.0 ppb. No violation. | 6.325 (LRAA) ppb | 60 ppb (MCL) | 2021-202… |
| Lead (90th percentile) Zero out of 10 samples over the action level. Separately, the CCR discloses that a 2017 sample result of 19.5 ppb -… | 0.90 ppb | 15 ppb (Action… | 2025 |
Source: piketonohio.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0.9 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
10 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 5 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 5 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
Projects & plans2
Recent and current work
- Piketon Water Treatment Plant replacement · $8 million · 2023-2025 · completed
New gravity-filtration plant with ion-exchange softening and two 200,000-gallon clearwells on village-owned property on Piketon Road, southwest of the 1953…
Source: piketonohio.govpiketonohio.gov
Planned or needed
- New Piketon wastewater treatment plant · planned
Ohio EPA's 2023 Environmental Assessment states the new WTP and a future WWTP will be built on the same Piketon Road site, so that treatment byproduct can be…
Source: piketonohio.gov
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the Teays River Valley Aquifer supplying Piketon's three wells (average depth 70 feet) as having a high susceptibility to contamination, due to the sensitive nature of the aquifer and the potential contaminant sources identified - with the standard caveat that this describes conditions, not actual…
Source: piketonohio.govpiketonohio.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Village-operated. An existing wastewater treatment plant appears on Ohio EPA's 2023 planning map, with a new WWTP planned on the Piketon Road site adjacent to the new water plant. Capacity, receiving stream, and any consent-decree status are not published.
Storm
Not published.
Source: piketonohio.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
- 45661 · Piketon32% 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
Piketon 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 Piketon Village.
What the records show about Piketon Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Piketon Village as owned by a local government. It has 723 service connections and serves 2,181 people.
EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.
Its office telephone on EPA's record is 740-289-8154.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Piketon Village: aeration, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, and sand or media filtration.
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 Piketon Village since 2015.
EPA logs 10 violations of any kind since 2020: 5 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 5 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 Piketon Village was 0.9 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027.
The highest result on file is 4.9 ppb, in the period ending December 2021.
EPA has 5 sampling periods on file for Piketon 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 Piketon Village sent EPA, 760 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 760 |
| Not lead | 0 |
| All lines | 760 |
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
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Piketon 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 Piketon Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 26.3 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 32.5 µg/L and the highest single sample was 57.5 µg/L, from 14 samples taken from 2013 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 3.1 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 3.3 µg/L and the highest single sample was 6.6 µg/L, from 14 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 26.3 µg/L (2019) | 32.5 µg/L | 57.5 µg/L | 14 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 3.1 µg/L | 3.3 µg/L | 6.6 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 9 samples was 1.51 mg/L (as nitrogen), in 2019, the last year sampled. 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) | 9 | 1.51 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 3 | not detected | 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. carbon tetrachloride was detected in 1 of 4 samples, highest 0.56 µg/L (limit 5). Benzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and vinyl chloride were not detected in 4 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 4 | 1 of 4 | 0.56 µg/L | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | 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 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 120 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine in 2 samples, alachlor in 2 samples, chromium in 3 samples, cadmium 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 |
| 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 | 120 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, 1 of 406 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Piketon Village tested positive (0.25%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 51 did. E. coli was never found in the 1 sample 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 Piketon 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 0.1 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Piketon Village.
Measured fluoride: none was detected in 3 samples at the plant's entry points 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 Piketon 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 2,239 residents are inside the boundary, 103% of the 2,181 people Piketon 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.
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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 OH6600712 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: piketonohio.gov, piketonohio.gov
History: piketonohio.gov, piketonohio.gov
Water quality: piketonohio.gov
Planned work: piketonohio.gov
Water pressure: piketonohio.gov, piketonohio.gov
Capital projects: piketonohio.gov, piketonohio.gov
Rates: piketonohio.gov, piketonohio.gov
Sewers: piketonohio.gov
Treatment: piketonohio.gov, piketonohio.gov
Supply stress: piketonohio.gov, piketonohio.gov
