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; the treatment plant's name, capacity, and receiving stream were not found in sources reviewed.
Storm
Not found in sources reviewed.
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.
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
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org, villageofkalida.com
History: en.wikipedia.org, villageofkalida.com
Water quality: villageofkalida.com
Treatment: villageofkalida.com
Supply stress: villageofkalida.com