Water system
Clarksburg Village
EPA ID OH7100212 · Ross County · 500 people served · owned by a local government
Clarksburg Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (2 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 2
- Serves
- 500 people · Ross County
- EPA ID
- OH7100212
About this area's water
Did you know
- Clarksburg's water system serves almost exactly 500 people through 204 connections, making it one of the smallest community water systems tracked in Ohio's federal drinking-water database.
- The village's water-system contact of record is reachable only through a personal Gmail address and a single named administrator, reflecting how small-village utilities in Ohio are often run part-time by one person.
Source: data.epa.gov
History3
- c.1800First permanent settlement at the site.
- 1817George Clark platted the village, which took his name.
- 1910Village population peaked at 558 before a long decline (409 at the 2020 census).
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Not published. SDWIS lists only groundwater from 2 wells; no CCR, plant description, or engineering report for Clarksburg Village was found online.
Source: data.epa.gov
Water pressure
Not published; no CCR or pressure-zone documentation found.
What it costs
Not published online; we found no rate ordinance or utility billing page for this village.
Water quality & impurities2
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile) EPA's record of 3 sampling rounds, 2018 to 2024. Highest 90th-percentile result 0.58 ppb (2021). Each figure sums up a round of taps, not one tap. | 0 ppb | 15 (action level) | 2024 |
| Yearly water quality report (inadequate) Procedural violations under the Consumer Confidence Rule (40 CFR 141 Subpart O), not a contaminant exceedance; confirmed via direct EPA SDWIS query. | 2 violations: 1… n/a | n/a | 2001-07… |
Source: data.epa.govdata.epa.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2024 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
Supply stress
Very small (500-person, 204-connection) groundwater system serving Ross County. EPA SDWIS shows only two documented compliance issues, both for an inadequate yearly water quality report (the Consumer Confidence Report): one from July 2001, resolved December 2007, and one opened January 23, 2019 that remains open as of the latest federal data pull. This suggests limited…
Source: data.epa.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
We found no NPDES-permitted wastewater plant for Clarksburg Village.
Storm
Not published.
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
- 43115 · Deerfield Township and Clarksburg33% 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
Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg Village.
What the records show about Clarksburg Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Clarksburg Village as owned by a local government. It has 204 service connections and serves 500 people.
EPA classes it as a community water system, one that serves the same residents all year.
Its office telephone on EPA's record is 740-701-2818.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg Village since 2015.
EPA logs no violations of any kind for Clarksburg 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 2024, the 90th-percentile lead result at Clarksburg 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 0.6 ppb, in the period ending December 2021.
EPA has 3 sampling periods on file for Clarksburg Village since 2016, the first ending in 2018; 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 Clarksburg Village sent EPA, 197 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 18 |
| Not lead | 179 |
| All lines | 197 |
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 Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 77.8 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 77.8 µg/L and the highest single sample was 79.4 µg/L, from 14 samples taken from 2013 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 0 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 0.7 µg/L and the highest single sample was 1.4 µg/L, from 14 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 77.8 µg/L (2019) | 77.8 µg/L | 79.4 µg/L | 14 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 0.7 µg/L | 1.4 µg/L | 14 |
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: the highest of 34 samples was 1.7 µg/L (limit 10); detections averaged 1.4; none over the limit.
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 8 | not detected | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 34 | 1.7 µg/L | 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: chromium in 1 of 3 samples, highest 4.64 µg/L (limit 100); barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 25.9 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and thallium, in 3 samples each.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 3 | 1 of 3 | 4.64 µg/L | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 3 | 3 of 3 | 25.9 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 93 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Clarksburg Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 12 did. E. coli was never found in the 18 samples tested for it.
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 Clarksburg Village has fluoride from natural sources at a level higher than what is needed to prevent tooth decay. The level it reports is 2.07 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Clarksburg Village.
Measured fluoride: 1.6 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2019 (above the target); samples ran from 1.6 to 2.14 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 Clarksburg 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.
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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 OH7100212 (EPA ECHO).
Notable facts: data.epa.gov
History: en.wikipedia.org
Water quality: data.epa.gov, data.epa.gov
Treatment: data.epa.gov
Supply stress: data.epa.gov
