Water system
Kalida Village
EPA ID OH6900512 · Putnam County · 1,542 people served · owned by a local government
Kalida Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 1,542 people · Putnam County
- EPA ID
- OH6900512
About this area's water
Did you know
- Kalida's name comes from the Greek word for 'beautiful,' and the village briefly served as the first seat of Putnam County government before it moved to Ottawa in 1866.
- The village's wells reach 400 feet into what it calls the 'low plain aquifer,' unusually deep for a small Ohio village well field.
- Kalida has replaced its entire water main network with C900 plastic pipe over the years, so its 2025 CCR certifies zero lead, galvanized, or lead-status-unknown service lines anywhere in the village.
History4
- 1834Kalida founded and named (Greek for 'beautiful'); becomes the first county seat of Putnam County.
- 1839Village formally incorporated.
- 1866Putnam County seat transferred to Ottawa, though Kalida remains an incorporated village.
- unknownVillage replaced all water main lines over the years with C900 plastic pipe; per the 2025 CCR, records and inspection confirm only copper and plastic service lines exist, with no lead or galvanized…
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from three wells drilled 400 feet into the 'low plain aquifer,' on the southeast side of town near the plant and water tower. Treated by filtration (removing clays, silts, iron, manganese, and organic matter) and chlorine disinfection, per the village's 2025 CCR.
Source: villageofkalida.com
Water pressure
Not published; no CCR or engineering-report pressure figure found.
What it costs
Village bills water/sewer quarterly; no per-1,000-gallon rate, fixed charge, or published rate ordinance was found in the CCR, utility page, or a targeted search.
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range 56.1-77.7 ppb; disinfection byproduct, approaching but not exceeding MCL. | 66.55 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Range 10.3-23.8 ppb; disinfection byproduct. | 19.25 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Total Chlorine Range 0.8-2.9 ppm; disinfectant residual. | 2.125 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Barium Naturally occurring, well below MCL. | 0.052 ppm | 2 | 2025 |
| Fluoride Naturally occurring. | 0.996 ppm | 4 | 2022 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded action level; village reports no lead service lines. | 5.7 ppb | 15 (AL) | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded action level; range 0.013-1.1 ppm. | 0.91 ppm | 1.3 (AL) | 2025 |
Source: villageofkalida.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.
Supply stress
Aquifer rated 'moderate susceptibility to contamination' in the village's source water assessment, due to moderate aquifer sensitivity and potential contaminant sources within the protection zone (per 2025 CCR); no reported violations or shortages. TTHM levels (66.55 ppb, approaching the 80 ppb MCL) are a disinfection-byproduct watch…
Source: villageofkalida.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Village of Kalida operates its own sewer utility, billed with water quarterly; we found no published name, capacity, or receiving stream for its plant.
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
- 45853 · Kalida100% 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
Kalida 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 Kalida Village.
What the records show about Kalida Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Kalida Village as owned by a local government. It has 622 service connections and serves 1,542 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 2025. Its office telephone on EPA's record is 419-532-3899.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Kalida Village: aeration, chlorine disinfection, 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 Kalida Village since 2015.
EPA logs no violations of any kind for Kalida Village 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 Kalida Village 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 2.2 ppb, in the period ending December 2023.
EPA has 9 sampling periods on file for Kalida 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 Kalida Village sent EPA, 619 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 0 |
| Not lead | 619 |
| All lines | 619 |
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 Kalida Village (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 Kalida Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 68.5 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 74.6 µg/L and the highest single sample was 77.6 µg/L, from 15 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 24 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 24.2 µg/L and the highest single sample was 25.2 µg/L, from 15 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 68.5 µg/L (2019) | 74.6 µg/L | 77.6 µg/L | 15 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 24 µg/L | 24.2 µg/L | 25.2 µg/L | 15 |
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 was not detected in 8 samples through 2019 (limit 10 mg/L as nitrogen; 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) | 8 | not detected | 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. 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 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: atrazine in 1 of 2 samples, highest 0.11 µg/L (limit 3); barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 49 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: 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 | 1 of 2 | 0.11 µg/L | 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 | 49 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, 0 of 193 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Kalida Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 24 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 Kalida Village has fluoride from natural sources at the recommended level for preventing tooth decay. The level it reports is 1 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Kalida Village.
Measured fluoride: 1 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2019 (in the range dentists aim for); samples ran from 1 to 1.08 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 Kalida 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 OH6900512 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org, villageofkalida.com
History: en.wikipedia.org, villageofkalida.com
Water quality: villageofkalida.com
Treatment: villageofkalida.com
Supply stress: villageofkalida.com
