Glandorf Village

• Glandorf was settled in 1833-34 by German immigrants from a town of the same name near Osnabrück, Germany, who sailed to New York on the ship Columbus.
• The village's drinking water ultimately traces back to the Blanchard River, part of the Maumee River watershed that drains into Lake Erie.
• Glandorf buys its water wholesale from Ottawa Village rather than operating its own treatment plant — EPA records show its own river-intake plant is now formally deactivated, not just idle.

Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov

• 1833-1834Glandorf was founded by Johann Wilhelm Horstmann and six fellow settlers from Glandorf, Germany, who sailed from Amsterdam on the ship Columbus, landed in New York in November 1833, and bought land…
• 1878The current Neo-Gothic St. John the Baptist church, still a village landmark, was completed (construction had begun in 1846).
• 2010Village population peaked at 1,001 residents (confirmed via the U.S. Census population table) before a slight decline to 969 in 2020.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

How it is treated

Glandorf does not currently treat its own water. EPA SDWIS facility records show the village's own former source and treatment plant (a Blanchard River intake/reservoir, facility 'GLANDORF VILLAGE OLD') are listed as inactive. The village now receives filtered surface water through two active…

Source: data.epa.gov

Water pressure

Not published — no CCR or pressure-zone documentation located.

$7.07 per 1,000 gallons

Effective 3-3-2026 per Village of Glandorf Resolution #2261 ('Utility Fees and Rates' schedule, published on the village's own website): water inside the village is $7.07 per…

Source: villageofglandorf.comvillageofglandorf.com

Source: data.epa.gov

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

• 2023Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · exceeded a maximum contaminant level · measured 0.084 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance

EPA's count of 3 includes 2 repeat quarterly violations of the problems listed.

5 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).

EPA compliance record · Ottawa Village (treats the water)

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

• 2026Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · exceeded a maximum contaminant level · measured 0.086 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · known

24 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 23 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).

Not confirmed for Glandorf specifically this session. Its ultimate source (the Blanchard River, via Ottawa Village) lies in the Maumee River watershed, an area with well-documented agricultural-runoff and algae/nutrient concerns generally, but no Glandorf- or Ottawa-specific water-stress advisory or exceedance was located this session.

Sanitary

Village operates its own sanitary sewer system. Per the village's Utility Fees and Rates schedule (Resolution #2261, eff. 3-3-2026), the sewer rate inside the village is $17.15 per 1,000 gallons plus an $8.20/month base sewer service fee. Sewer tap-in fee is $2,600 inside the village, $1,300 in the Sager Addition (Ordinance #1502, eff.…

Storm

Village also operates a separate storm sewer utility: $5.00/month fee plus a $175 tap-in fee, per the same rate schedule.

Source: villageofglandorf.com

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.