Water system
Streetsboro City
EPA ID OH6705003 · Portage County · 15,105 people served · owned by a local government
Streetsboro City buys its water from Portage County Water Resources.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- Buried valley aquifer (upper sandstone/glacial buried valley system)
- Active wells
- 7
- Serves
- 8,606 people · Portage County
- EPA ID
- OH6702812
Operates 12 groundwater wells; maintains emergency interconnections with Cleveland, Ravenna, and Tallmadge surface-water systems for backup supply only, not routine source.
About this area's water
Did you know
- Streetsboro buys every gallon it sells: 168 miles of water main (884,502 linear feet), 944-plus hydrants and 814-plus valves distribute Portage County water to about 14,394 residents across 4,798 accounts, fed by a…
- The city's lead service line inventory came back completely clean - no lead, no galvanized lines requiring replacement, and no lines of unknown material anywhere in the distribution system, verified against construction…
- In 2025 the 11-person water department ran 216 routine bacteria samples, all negative, and closed roughly 2,200 work orders including 65 leak repairs on both private and city-owned lines.
- Streetsboro's tap water arrives pre-softened under contract - the county softens it at Shalersville before it crosses the city line, holding the 2025 annual average hardness to 148 ppm.
History4
- 1985Portage County's Streetsboro-Hudson Regional WWTP, which handles the city's sewage, was constructed.
- 2014Streetsboro-Hudson Regional WWTP last upgraded; it now carries a 4.0 MGD average design flow and 10.0 MGD peak hydraulic capacity.
- 2025Ohio EPA last updated the source water assessment for Portage County's Shalersville well field, again finding the aquifer highly susceptible to contamination.
- 2025City completed the State Route 43 water main replacement project.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Streetsboro treats none of its own water. It buys finished water from Portage County Water Resources (8116 Infirmary Road, Ravenna), which draws groundwater from nine wells in Portage County and treats it at the Shalersville Water Treatment Plant by iron removal, filtration, disinfection and…
Source: storage.googleapis.comcityofstreetsboro.com
Water pressure
No system psi figure is published. Streetsboro's distribution system is organized into 3 pressure zones, served by one city-owned 1.5-million-gallon elevated tower and a single…
What it costs
$11.27 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $56 a month for water.
2026 schedule, approved by the Service Director and stamped received by the Clerk of Council on Dec. 19, 2025. Residential 5/8-inch and 1-inch meters: $84.29 minimum quarterly…
Source: storage.googleapis.comcityofstreetsboro.comcodelibrary.amlegal.com
Water quality & impurities9
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Measured in Streetsboro's own distribution system; range 23.20-56.00 ppb. The purchased Portage County water measured… | 44.85 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Streetsboro distribution; range 5.9-14.9 ppb. Portage County water measured 10.5 ppb. | 12.5 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Chlorine Streetsboro distribution; range 0.91-1.02 ppm. Portage County 1.13 ppm. | 0.99 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Barium Measured in the purchased Portage County water; range 0.033-0.12 ppm. Erosion of natural deposits, drilling wastes… | 0.12 ppm | 2 | 2025 |
| Fluoride Purchased Portage County water; range 0.946-0.996 ppm. | 0.996 ppm | 4 | 2025 |
| Nitrate Purchased Portage County water; range ND-2.14 ppm. | 2.14 ppm | 10 | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) Not detected at any Streetsboro tap; 0 of 30 sites above the action level. | ND ppb | 15 (action… | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 30 Streetsboro sites above the action level; range 0.036-0.95 ppm. | 0.57 ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2025 |
| Hardness Annual average after Portage County softening; aesthetic, not health-based. | 148 ppm | no standard | 2025 |
Source: storage.googleapis.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
EPA compliance record · Portage County Water Resources (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2025Lead and Copper Rule · treatment technique violation · known
- 2017Lead and Copper Rule · treatment technique violation · returned to compliance
EPA's count of 3 includes 1 repeat quarterly violation of the problems listed.
5 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans2
Recent and current work
- State Route 43 water main replacement · 2025 · completed
Listed as a completed capital improvement in the city's 2025 water quality report. No cost published.
Source: storage.googleapis.com
Planned or needed
- Portage County capital improvements to Streetsboro's aging sanitary collection system · $2 million · 2027-2030 · planned
Portage County Water Resources' capital improvement plan allocates $2 million for treatment improvements to Streetsboro's aging collection system from 2027 to…
Source: dam.assets.ohio.gov
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's 2025 source water assessment found the aquifer feeding Portage County's Shalersville well field has a high susceptibility to contamination. Named potential sources within the delineated area are asphalt plants, sand-and-gravel mining, brine injection wells and abandoned dumps; the CCR states there is no evidence at this time…
Source: storage.googleapis.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Sewage goes to the Portage County Streetsboro-Hudson Regional WWTP at 9501 Jefferson Street, Streetsboro, run by Portage County Water Resources (330-297-3670) - the city itself does not treat wastewater. Built 1985, last upgraded 2014, it is an advanced treatment facility with a 4.0 MGD average design flow and 10.0 MGD peak hydraulic…
Storm
Streetsboro drains to the Tinkers Creek watershed, which flows to the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie - the same receiving stream as the wastewater plant. No stormwater utility fee, storm-sewer capital program or specific flooding issue was found in city or Ohio…
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
- 44241 · Streetsboro76% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 44236 · Hudson0% 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
Streetsboro City buys its water from Portage County Water Resources.
No other system is on record buying water from Streetsboro City.
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
Streetsboro City's own pages: waterzen.com
Notable facts: cityofstreetsboro.com, storage.googleapis.com
History: storage.googleapis.com, dam.assets.ohio.gov
Water quality: storage.googleapis.com
Planned work: dam.assets.ohio.gov
Water pressure: cityofstreetsboro.com, storage.googleapis.com
Capital projects: storage.googleapis.com
Rates: storage.googleapis.com, cityofstreetsboro.com, codelibrary.amlegal.com
Sewers: dam.assets.ohio.gov, cityofstreetsboro.com
Treatment: storage.googleapis.com, cityofstreetsboro.com
Supply stress: storage.googleapis.com