Water system
Ottoville Village
EPA ID OH6900812 · Putnam County · 976 people served · owned by a local government
Ottoville Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 976 people · Putnam County
- EPA ID
- OH6900812
About this area's water
Did you know
- Ottoville's wastewater plant has been running since 1978 and still discharges to the Little Auglaize River.
- The village was platted twice — an 1845 attempt failed, and the town only took hold after a second platting in 1873.
- The water plant was built in 1982, four years after the wastewater plant, and has had two upgrades since.
Source: villageofottoville.org
History6
- 1845First plat of the settlement (by John Otto Bredeich) failed.
- 1873Town site re-platted successfully.
- 1880-1881Post office opened as 'Otto,' renamed Ottoville in 1881.
- 1890Village of Ottoville incorporated.
- 1978Village's activated-sludge wastewater treatment plant became operational (still in use).
- 1982Village built its water treatment plant; it has since had two upgrades.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from 3 wells (#3, #4, #6) is pumped through an aerator, chlorinated, and stored in clear wells, then polished through sand pressure filters before distribution. Plant built 1982 (with two later upgrades), rated 0.325 MGD, averaging about 134,000 gallons/day; two elevated tanks (100,000…
Source: villageofottoville.org
Water pressure
Not published — no psi figure found on the village site or in available EPA SDWIS records; storage is provided by two elevated tanks (100,000 gal and 200,000 gal) rather than a…
What it costs
$3.40 per 1,000 gallons
Quarterly rate schedule effective 1/1/2024, confirmed directly from the village's Water & Sewer Rate Chart PDF: 3/4"-1" residential service is $36.00/quarter water base +…
Source: villageofottoville.org
Water quality & impurities5
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride Natural erosion of deposits; range 1.32-1.32. Could not be independently re-verified because the 2025 CCR is an… | 1.32 ppm | 4 | 2025 |
| Barium Natural erosion of deposits. Same OCR caveat as above. | 0.019 ppm | 2 | 2025 |
| Total Chlorine Disinfectant residual; range 0.3-0.9, no violation. Same OCR caveat as above. | 0.6 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. Same OCR caveat as above. | 4.7 ppb | 15 AL | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. Same OCR caveat as above. | 0.1 ppm | 1.3 AL | 2025 |
Source: villageofottoville.org
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.
Projects & plans1
Recent and current work
- Water and wastewater lead/copper service line inventory · 2024 · completed
Required inventory available for public review at the Utility office per the 2025 CCR.
Source: villageofottoville.org
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's source water assessment reportedly rates Ottoville's aquifer as 'high susceptibility to contamination' due to a thin clay layer over the aquifer and nearby contaminant sources; fluoride occurs naturally near (but under) the MCL. Could not be independently re-verified because the CCR is an unOCR-able scanned PDF; SDWIS does…
Source: data.epa.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Village-owned activated sludge wastewater treatment plant at 200 Utility Drive, operating since 1978 with a rated capacity of 0.339 MGD, discharging to the Little Auglaize River.
Storm
The village does maintain a storm sewer system with a paid tap/connection process — its Utilities Forms page lists a 'Storm Sewer User Fee Application' (Vorst-storm-sewer-tap-app.pdf), a scanned form whose fee details could not be OCR'd. No evidence 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 2 ZIP codes
- 45876 · Ottoville90% of residents
- 45844 · Jennings Township and Fort Jennings1% 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
Ottoville 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 Ottoville Village.
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
Notable facts: villageofottoville.org
History: villageofottoville.org, en.wikipedia.org
Water quality: villageofottoville.org
Capital projects: villageofottoville.org
Rates: villageofottoville.org
Sewers: villageofottoville.org, villageofottoville.org
Treatment: villageofottoville.org
Supply stress: data.epa.gov