Water system
Gratis Village
EPA ID OH6800612 · Preble County · 990 people served · owned by a local government
Gratis Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (2 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 2
- Serves
- 990 people · Preble County
- EPA ID
- OH6800612
About this area's water
Did you know
- Gratis's post office dates to 1823, making it one of the older-established communities in Preble County.
- The village's name comes from Gratis Township, and 'gratis' itself is Latin for 'free of charge.'
Source: en.wikipedia.org
History3
- 1823A U.S. post office named Gratis was established in Gratis Township, Preble County — confirmed via Wikipedia.
- 1990Village population peaked at roughly 998 before declining to 842 by the 2020 census (2023 estimate ~831) — confirmed via Wikipedia.
- 2016Village received a $100,000 Preble County CDBG Critical Infrastructure grant for an earlier phase of Ada Doty Street waterline replacement.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Gratis draws from two groundwater wells and treats/pumps its own water. The village's official 'Water Quality Report' webpage exists but has no Consumer Confidence Report actually posted — it directs residents to call the village office for a copy. No treatment-train specifics (disinfection type…
Source: villageofgratis.com
Water pressure
Not published — no psi figure, pressure-zone map, or engineering report located on the village site or elsewhere this session.
What it costs
$5.30 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $42 a month for water.
Per villageofgratis.com/water-rates-and-policies: minimum bill covers 3,000 gallons at a flat $42.20 for water and $38.63 for sewer (combined minimum ~$80.83/mo); usage above…
Source: villageofgratis.com
Water quality & impurities
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.5 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
2 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans2
Recent and current work
- Ada Doty Street Waterline & Storm Sewer Replacement · $324,415 · 2023 · under construction
Ohio Water Development Authority loan #10376 at 3.61% interest over 30 years, for ~1,100 ft of waterline and 1,000 ft of storm sewer replacement along Ada Doty…
Source: chillicothegazette.comowda.orgohioauditor.gov
Planned or needed
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements (planning loan) · $18,000 · 2025 · planned
An $18,000 Water Pollution Control Loan Fund supplement (OWDA account 11058) was approved in Jan/Feb 2025 board minutes for a Village of Gratis WWTP…
Source: owda.org
Supply stress
Not established from available sources; no Ohio EPA source water assessment specific to Gratis's two-well groundwater system was located this session.
Sewers
Sanitary
The Village of Gratis operates its own wastewater treatment plant — confirmed via a Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission wastewater utility survey listing a 'Village of Gratis WWTP' and a 2025 OWDA loan record for a 'Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements' project. This corrects the researcher's 'not confirmed' note. Plant capacity…
Storm
The village has at least some dedicated storm sewer infrastructure — the 2023 Ada Doty Street project explicitly replaced 1,000 ft of storm sewer alongside the waterline. No village-wide storm sewer map, fee schedule, or flooding history 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
- 45330 · Gratis97% of residents
Also present in 2 more ZIP codes
- 45381 · Lanier Township and West Alexandria0% of residents
- 45320 · Eaton0% 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
Gratis 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 Gratis Village.
Photograph
On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 3 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: en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org
Planned work: owda.org
Capital projects: chillicothegazette.com, owda.org, ohioauditor.gov
Rates: villageofgratis.com
Treatment: villageofgratis.com