Water system
Brewster Village
EPA ID OH7600512 · Stark County · 2,113 people served · owned by a local government
Brewster Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (5 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 5
- Serves
- 2,113 people · Stark County
- EPA ID
- OH7600512
About this area's water
Did you know
- Brewster grew up as a railroad town: the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway opened its locomotive shops at Brewster in 1910 and built its own 0-8-0 steam locomotives there -- a feat few larger railroads attempted; the shops…
- The village's water comes from an aquifer with the folk nickname 'Big Indian.'
- The CCR's own glossary explains a part per billion as 'one second in 31.7 years' -- that's the scale of the trace contaminants it reports.
- Brewster tested for six regulated PFAS chemicals in November 2025, over a year ahead of the federal deadline, and found none.
Source: brewsterohio.comnkphts.org
History4
- 2019Ohio Rural Water Association source-water assessment found Brewster's aquifer highly susceptible to contamination (no protective layers, nearby contaminant sources).
- 2021Village began scheduled 2.75% annual water-rate increases (following a 10% reduction in 2020) with a required tri-annual outside rate study to verify the need for continued increases.
- 2024Completed the Water Transmission Main Replacement Project: 5,875 ft (about 1.11 mi) of main replaced plus a new redundant feed line; ~$1.2M OPWC grant plus village match, project came in under budget.
- 2025Completed the first of two required PFAS sampling rounds under the federal 2024 PFAS rule (November 2025); all six regulated PFAS were non-detect.
Source: brewsterohio.combrewsterohio.com
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater pumped from 5 wells into the 'Big Indian' aquifer; the 2025 CCR documents chlorine disinfection (average residual ~1.0 ppm) but describes no filtration or softening step, so treatment is primarily well pumping plus chlorination.
Source: brewsterohio.com
Water pressure
Not published -- no service-pressure figures found in the CCR or village site; system serves roughly 871 water customers per third-party utility data.
What it costs
$3.97 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $33 a month for water.
2025: $3.97 per 1,000 gal usage fee (first 2,000 gal) plus a $24.78/month capital charge per residential customer, confirmed on the village's own Water Utility page; 2.75% annual…
Source: brewsterohio.com
Water quality & impurities8
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM (total trihalomethanes) Chlorination byproduct; range 19-42.9 ppb, no violation. | 42.9 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| HAA5 (haloacetic acids) Chlorination byproduct; range 12.6-13.5 ppb. | 13.5 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Total chlorine residual Disinfectant residual; range 0.65-1.15 ppm. | 1.0 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Barium Natural erosion/industrial discharge source. | 0.168 ppm | 2 | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 10 sites over action level. | 1.5 ppb | 15 (action… | 2023 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 sites over action level. | 0.131 ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2023 |
| Gross alpha Naturally occurring radioactivity. | 1.32 pCi/L | 15 | 2025 |
| Radium-228 Naturally occurring radioactivity. | 0.537 pCi/L | 5 | 2025 |
Source: brewsterohio.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.5 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
Projects & plans2
Recent and current work
- Water Transmission Main Replacement Project · $1.2 million · 2024 · completed
Replaced 5,875 ft of transmission main and added a redundant feed line; OPWC grant-funded (~$1.2M grant, village match ~$114K, came in under budget by ~$52K).
Source: brewsterohio.com
Planned or needed
- Second PFAS sampling round (federal PFAS rule) · 2027 · planned
Required by April 26, 2027; first round (Nov 2025) was non-detect for all 6 regulated PFAS.
Source: brewsterohio.com
Supply stress
The 'Big Indian' aquifer supplying Brewster's 5 wells was rated highly susceptible to contamination in a 2019 source-water assessment (no protective soil layers, nearby contamination sources), though no contamination has been detected; no drought or capacity stress reported.
Source: brewsterohio.com
Sewers
Sanitary
Village of Brewster runs its own sewer utility along Sugar Creek. A claim that its water/sewer superintendent holds an Ohio Class III Wastewater license was in the researcher's draft but could not be independently re-verified this pass; published plant capacity, receiving-stream detail, and any CSO/consent-decree status were not found.
Storm
Not published; village signage asks residents not to flush wipes, which clog sewer lines.
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
- 44613 · Brewster100% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 44662 · Bethlehem Township and Navarre5% 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
Brewster 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 Brewster Village.
On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 2 ZIP codes 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: brewsterohio.com, nkphts.org
History: brewsterohio.com, brewsterohio.com
Water quality: brewsterohio.com
Planned work: brewsterohio.com
Capital projects: brewsterohio.com
Rates: brewsterohio.com
Treatment: brewsterohio.com
Supply stress: brewsterohio.com