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
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 · water quality limits for corrosion control not met · known
- 2017Lead and Copper Rule · water quality limits for corrosion control not met · 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: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 2 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 2 health-based.
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.
What the records show about Streetsboro City
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Streetsboro City as owned by a local government. It has 5,155 service connections and serves 15,105 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 330-626-2856.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
Streetsboro City buys water that Portage County Water Resources treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Portage County Water Resources: aeration, corrosion control, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, fluoridation, 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's record shows no health-based violations for Streetsboro City since 2015.
EPA logs no violations of any kind for Streetsboro City since 2020.
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 Streetsboro City was 0 ppb, under both the current 15 ppb action level and the 10 ppb level that applies from 2027. A result of 0 means at least nine in ten of the homes sampled had no lead detected.
The highest result on file is 2.4 ppb, in the period ending December 2016.
EPA has 12 sampling periods on file for Streetsboro City since 2016, the first ending in 2016; 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 Streetsboro City sent EPA, 5,167 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 0 |
| Not lead | 5,167 |
| All lines | 5,167 |
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
EPA's fifth national round of testing (UCMR 5) took 2 samples of the water entering the pipes of Streetsboro City in 2024 and measured 29 PFAS. No PFAS was detected, PFOA and PFOS (federal limit 4 ng/L each) among them.
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 2 plants of Portage County Water Resources (latest sample September 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 Streetsboro City's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 57.8 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 63.7 µg/L and the highest single sample was 99.6 µg/L, from 116 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 14.1 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 14.4 µg/L and the highest single sample was 20.2 µg/L, from 115 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 57.8 µg/L (2019) | 63.7 µg/L | 99.6 µg/L | 116 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 14.1 µg/L | 14.4 µg/L | 20.2 µg/L | 115 |
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
The water Streetsboro City buys is treated by Portage County Water Resources, so the results below are Portage County Water Resources's.
Nitrate: the highest of 12 samples was 0.12 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2017; in 2019, the last year sampled, nitrate was not detected. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic was not detected in 5 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 12 | 0.12 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 5 | not detected | 10 µg/L | 0 |
| Combined radium | 1 | not detected | 5 pCi/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 of Portage County Water Resources.
Solvents and fuels
The water Streetsboro City buys is treated by Portage County Water Resources, so the results below are Portage County Water Resources's.
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 5 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | 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 of Portage County Water Resources.
Farm chemicals and metals
The water Streetsboro City buys is treated by Portage County Water Resources, so the results below are Portage County Water Resources's.
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 5 of 5 samples, highest 100 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine in 3 samples, alachlor in 3 samples, chromium in 5 samples, cadmium in 5 samples, mercury in 5 samples, selenium in 5 samples, thallium in 5 samples.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 5 | 5 of 5 | 100 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 5 | 0 of 5 | 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 of Portage County Water Resources.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 0 of 1,649 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Streetsboro City tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 214 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 Streetsboro City buys its water from Portage County Water Resources, a system that adjusts the fluoride level to the recommended level for preventing tooth decay.
EPA's treatment table lists fluoridation among the steps at Portage County Water Resources, which treats the water Streetsboro City buys.
Measured fluoride: 1.04 mg/L on average leaving the plants of Portage County Water Resources, which supplies Streetsboro City, in 2019 (in the range dentists aim for); samples ran from 0.9 to 1.09 mg/L across 5 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.
Lithium
Lithium was not detected in 2 UCMR 5 samples at Streetsboro City, last sampled in 2024 (the method reports from 9 µg/L).
Lithium is not regulated. EPA's draft health reference level is 10 µg/L, and it occurs naturally in deep groundwater, so well systems in the northwest run highest.
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026), samples from 2023 to 2025.
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of Streetsboro City 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 13,456 residents are inside the boundary, 89% of the 15,105 people Streetsboro City 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.
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
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH6705003 (EPA ECHO).
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
