Water system
Lexington Village
EPA ID OH7002212 · Richland County · 4,825 people served · owned by a local government
Lexington Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 4,825 people · Richland County
- EPA ID
- OH7002212
About this area's water
Did you know
- Lexington is named for Lexington, Massachusetts - founder Amariah Watson Jr. chose it out of respect for his father, who fought in the Revolutionary War that began there.
- The village's four water towers hold 1,750,000 gallons, roughly three to four days of the plant's 400,000-500,000 gallon daily output.
- Harry F. Smith, the local gas-power entrepreneur who helped build the village water system, is remembered as the 'Father of the Clear Fork Reservoir'; he also put up a steam-powered outdoor lighting system in 1894 and…
- The village seal reads 'Founded 1813,' a year later than the 1812 founding date usually cited - 1813 is the year Watson's water-powered sawmill went up on the Clear Fork.
History6
- 1812Founded by land speculator Amariah Watson Jr., who named it for Lexington, Massachusetts out of respect for his Revolutionary War veteran father. Note: the village's own seal reads 'Founded 1813.'
- 1813Watson built a water-powered sawmill on the Clear Fork River, which drew settlers and seeded the town's economy.
- 1839Lexington received official village status.
- 1894Local businessman Harry F. Smith, founder of Smith Gas Power Company, built what is described as the first steam-powered outdoor lighting system; he was also instrumental in developing Lexington's…
- 1960-1970Population jumped from 1,311 to 2,972 (about 127%) as Mansfield-area suburban growth reached the village.
- 2023Village-wide water meter replacement: USG Water Solutions notified customers (July 2023) that meters at end of life would be replaced at no charge, installed by contractor National Metering Services…
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Village-owned groundwater system. The 2024 CCR states Lexington draws from 3 groundwater wells within the village; the water plant at 152 Plymouth Street treats an average of 400,000 to 500,000 gallons per day; water is filtered through 2 greensand filters (the standard arrangement for iron and…
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Water pressure
Not published. Neither the village water-sewer page nor the 2024 CCR states a distribution system pressure.
What it costs
$8.13 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $40 a month for water.
From the village's own Water & Sewer page (monthly billing): WATER $8.13 per 1,000 gallons. SEWER is a separate $8.82 per 1,000 gallons and must not be reported as a water rate.…
Source: lexingtonohio.us
Water quality & impurities8
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) The CCR prints the MCL as '.080' - a units slip for 80 ppb. The reported level (8.1) sits at the bottom of its own… | 8.1 (range… ppb | 80 ppb MCL | 2024 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) CCR prints the MCL as '.060' - a units slip for 60 ppb. Not detected above the reporting limit. | <6.0 ppb | 60 ppb MCL | 2024 |
| Total chlorine | 0.75 (range… mg/L | 4 mg/L MRDL | 2024 |
| Barium Monitored less than annually under Ohio EPA rules; most recent result is from 2022. | 0.064 mg/L | 2 mg/L MCL | 2022 |
| Fluoride Low level consistent with naturally occurring fluoride; the CCR does not describe fluoridation. Range printed as 0.12. | 0.141 mg/L | 4 mg/L MCL | 2022 |
| Asbestos Not detected; source would be decay of asbestos cement water mains. | <0.18 MFL | 7 MFL MCL | 2022 |
| Lead 0 of 20 samples above the action level. | 1.6 (90th… ppb | 15 ppb action… | 2024 |
| Copper 0 of 20 samples above the action level. | 0.120 (90th… ppm | 1.3 ppm action… | 2024 |
Source: lexingtonohio.us
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.
5 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 5 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans1
Recent and current work
- Village-wide water meter replacement and meter-reading system upgrade · 2023 · completed
Run by USG Water Solutions with contractor National Metering Services; letter to residents dated July 2023 states there was no charge to customers for the…
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Supply stress
Low. The Ohio EPA source water assessment quoted in the 2024 CCR finds that Lexington's drinking water source has a LOW susceptibility to contamination, based on a moderately thick protective clay layer overlying the aquifer, the significant depth of the aquifer (44 feet below ground surface), and no evidence that groundwater has been…
Source: lexingtonohio.us
Sewers
Sanitary
Village-operated and village-billed: sewer is charged at $8.82 per 1,000 gallons on the same monthly bill as water, with a $1,400 sewer connection fee and a $400 sewer inspection fee. The village does not publish which plant treats the sewage or the receiving stream, and no wastewater plant address appears on the site.
Storm
The village bills a storm water charge of $2.16 per Equivalent Residential Unit, so storm drainage is funded as a distinct utility line item rather than through the sanitary rate. Lexington is also the one village explicitly brought inside Richland County's…
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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
- 44904 · Lexington and Mansfield31% 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
Lexington 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 Lexington 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
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