Water system
Jackson Center Village
EPA ID OH7500512 · Shelby County · 1,462 people served · owned by a local government
Jackson Center Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (4 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 4
- Serves
- 1,462 people · Shelby County
- EPA ID
- OH7500512
About this area's water
Did you know
- Jackson Center has been home to Airstream travel trailer and motorhome manufacturing since 1952.
- The village's oldest active water-supply well has been in service for 53 years, while its newest is only about 13 years old.
- The 1940s-era sewer system was built entirely on village bond issues ($15,000 in 1941, increased to $25,000 in 1942, then expanded with $66,000 more in 1956) rather than outside grants.
- Jackson Center Creek, downstream of the village's wastewater plant, has reportedly been flagged by an Ohio EPA TMDL study as a small, heavily channelized stream carrying 'excessive loadings' — though this specific…
History6
- 1835Jackson Center was platted in Shelby County.
- 1858A post office named Jackson Center was established.
- 1940Village Ordinance #148 (Dec. 16) recognized the need for a sanitary sewage system.
- 1941Village issued $15,000 in bonds (March 7) to build its first sanitary sewer system.
- 1942Bond issue increased to $25,000 (May 4).
- 1952Jackson Center became home to Airstream travel trailer and motorhome manufacturing, a lasting economic anchor.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from a 4-well field at the south end of the village (wells 68-186 ft deep; oldest well 53 years old, newest 13 years old); moderate-susceptibility aquifer under a moderately thick protective clay layer; water is chlorinated for disinfection before distribution.
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
Water pressure
Not published; no psi figure or pressure-zone map found in the village's website or its 2025 CCR.
What it costs
$9.74 per 1,000 gallons
2025 rates (Ordinance 2023-015, effective 2025): water base charge $40.25/month covers 0-2,100 gal, then tiered volumetric rates of $10.25/$9.74/$9.12 per 1,000 gal across usage…
Source: jacksoncenter.com
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (individual result, Jan-June) 1 of 20 samples exceeded the lead action level in the first half of 2025; 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb. No exceedance in… | 16.4 ppb | 15 (AL) | 2025 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range 30.6-59.6 ppb; no violation. | 41.48 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Range 14.1-40.3 ppb; no violation. | 25.83 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Gross Alpha Radioactive contaminant; erosion of natural deposits. | 3.24 pCi/L | 15 | 2025 |
| Fluoride Erosion of natural deposits / water additive. | 0.99 ppm | 4 | 2025 |
| Barium Erosion of natural deposits. | 0.555 ppm | 2 | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile, Jan-June) Relabeled from the source's ambiguous table: this is the '90% of test levels were less than' figure, not an individual… | 0.63 ppm | 1.3 (AL) | 2025 |
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb); copper 1.81 mg/L (action level 1.3).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
7 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 7 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans1
Planned or needed
- Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) financing · $1.1 million · 2024
Reportedly listed in an OWDA bond statement as a $1,105,088 WPCLF obligation effective 1/1/2024; specific project scope not confirmed. This item could not be…
Supply stress
Source water assessment rates the well field as having 'moderate susceptibility' to contamination: a protective clay layer is present, but the assessment also notes 'significant potential contaminant sources' within the wellhead protection area, per the 2025 CCR.
Source: irp.cdn-website.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Village-owned Jackson Center WWTP reportedly with design flow ~0.37 MGD and average flow ~0.26 MGD, discharging to Jackson Center Creek; a cited Ohio EPA Great Miami River watershed TMDL study reportedly describes the creek as 'a small stream with severe channelization and excessive loadings from the Jackson Center WWTP.' This specific…
Storm
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
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
- 45334 · Jackson Center70% 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
Jackson Center 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 Jackson Center 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: jacksoncenter.com, irp.cdn-website.com
History: jacksoncenter.com, en.wikipedia.org
Water quality: irp.cdn-website.com
Rates: jacksoncenter.com
Treatment: irp.cdn-website.com
Supply stress: irp.cdn-website.com