Water system
Botkins Village
EPA ID OH7500212 · Shelby County · 1,250 people served · owned by a local government
Botkins Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (4 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 4
- Serves
- 1,250 people · Shelby County
- EPA ID
- OH7500212
About this area's water
Did you know
- The path of totality for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse crossed the northwest corner of the village.
- The village was fictionally referenced as a character's birthplace ('Coach John') in the newspaper comic strip 'Big Nate' in June 2014.
- Botkins sits directly on Interstate 75 at Exit 104.
- The village was named after Richard Botkin, the landowner whose property was platted into the town in 1858.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
History5
- 1858Land platted and the village named for original property owner Richard Botkin.
- 1877Post office opens in Botkins.
- 1881Village of Botkins officially incorporates.
- 1996Water system's earliest EPA-recorded violation on file (a code-52 monitoring/reporting violation, resolved by Nov. 1997).
- 2020Two additional violations recorded with Ohio EPA (SDWIS lists them under violation code 72, category 'Other', tier-3 public notification; both shown as outstanding with no resolution date in EPA's…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.gov
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from four wells (two at 220 Hickory St., two three-quarter mile northwest of the plant), disinfected with chlorine before distribution; no filtration or advanced treatment step is described in the 2024 CCR.
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Water pressure
Not published — no psi figure or pressure-zone map found in the CCR or village utilities page.
What it costs
$3.88 per 1,000 gallons
Ordinance 23-36 (adopted 12/13/2023): effective 1/1/2025, the minimum quarterly water charge is $92.23, covering the first 6,000 gallons, then $3.88 per 1,000 gallons of water…
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range of detections 30.3-56.6 ppb; disinfection by-product; no violation. | 36.3 ppb | 80 | 2024 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Disinfection by-product; no violation. | 8.6 ppb | 60 | 2024 |
| Total Chlorine residual Range 0.20-2.20 ppm; added to control microbes. | 1.11 ppm | MRDL 4 | 2024 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 taps over the action level. | <2.0 ppb | AL 15 | 2024 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 taps over the action level. | 0.74 ppm | AL 1.3 | 2024 |
| Fluoride Natural erosion plus water additive; no violation. | 1.52 ppm | 4 | 2022 |
| Gross Alpha Naturally occurring radioactivity; no violation. | 4.18 pCi/L | 15 | 2022 |
Source: irp.cdn-website.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.
2 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Aquifer rated 'moderate susceptibility' to contamination in the 2024 CCR because potential significant sources of contamination exist in the recharge area; no drought, capacity, or PFAS concerns surfaced in available sources.
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Village bills sewerage under the same ordinance as water (Ordinance 23-36) but at a different volumetric rate for 2025: $92.23/quarter minimum for the first 6,000 gallons, then $3.99 per 1,000 gallons (vs. water's $3.88), plus a $2.50/month per-connection capital fee. Treatment plant name, capacity, and receiving stream were not found in…
Storm
Separate $1.50/month stormwater fee per connection funds storm tile, drain, and retention/detention basin maintenance (Ordinance 23-36, Sec. 3), on top of a $2.50/month capital-improvement fee on the water side (Sec. 4); no flooding history found.
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
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
- 45306 · Botkins50% 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
Botkins 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 Botkins 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
History: en.wikipedia.org, data.epa.gov
Water quality: irp.cdn-website.com
Rates: irp.cdn-website.com
Sewers: irp.cdn-website.com
Treatment: irp.cdn-website.com
Supply stress: irp.cdn-website.com