Water system
East Canton Village
EPA ID OH7601503 · Stark County · 1,606 people served · owned by a local government
East Canton Village buys its water from Canton Public Water System.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- glacial sand-and-gravel aquifer (Northeast, Northwest and Sugar Creek well fields)
- Active wells
- 19
- Serves
- 107,113 people · Stark County
- EPA ID
- OH7608112
About this area's water Canton Public Water System
Did you know
- All of Canton's drinking water comes from wells 100-200 feet into aquifers left behind by glaciers — the city has no river or reservoir source at all.
- In 2024 Canton pulled 6.30 billion gallons from three separate well fields, and can take any one plant offline and still supply the city from the other two.
- Canton tested for 29 PFAS 'forever chemicals' in two rounds of EPA's UCMR5 program in 2024 and found none detectable in its water supply.
- Canton's sewage plant is a membrane bioreactor rated for 39 million gallons a day, discharging by gravity into Nimishillen Creek.
History5
- 1870Canton built Holly water works to Joseph L. Pillsbury's design, pumping directly from Meyers Lake; its cement-lined wrought-iron mains soon gave way to cast iron.
- 1873Meyers Lake was replaced as the city's source by water from Nimishillen Creek, and later by artesian wells — the start of Canton's shift to groundwater.
- 2019Ohio EPA cited a significant deficiency on March 12, 2019 at Cromer Reservoir: poor roof and walls, exposed rebar, corroded inlet and outlet, and deep sediment.
- 2022Canton finished the Cromer condition assessment, decided to build a new reservoir, hired Arcadis to design it, and began the Sugarcreek plant renovation in October.
- 2024Canton's three well fields produced 6.30 billion gallons — Sugarcreek 3.15B, Northeast 1.85B, Northwest 1.30B.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
100% groundwater: three well fields (Northeast, Northwest, Sugarcreek) draw 100-200 ft into glacial sand-and-gravel aquifers, feeding three plants that aerate, filter, chlorinate and fluoridate. Nearly 30 million gallons is held in enclosed reservoirs.
Water pressure
not published — neither the 2024 CCR nor the March 2026 rate sheet states a system-wide psi figure.
What it costs
$4.84 per 1,000 gallons
Eff. Mar 29, 2026: $3.6219/100 cu ft inside city for the first 4,500 cu ft ($2.8978 above); 5/8-in minimum $8.15/mo; outside-city bills carry a 150% surcharge.
Water quality & impurities8
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (90th percentile) 1 of 54 samples exceeded the action level; one site read 42.2 ppb. No violation. | 2.52 ppb | 15 (action… | 2024 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 54 samples exceeded the action level. | 0.32 ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2024 |
| Arsenic Erosion of natural deposits; well below the MCL. | 1.37 ppb | 10 | 2022 |
| Fluoride Naturally occurring plus additive; range 0.96-1.08. | 1.08 ppm | 4 | 2024 |
| TTHM (total trihalomethanes) Chlorination byproduct; range 10.40-55. No violation. | 31.63 ppb | 80 | 2024 |
| HAA5 (haloacetic acids) Chlorination byproduct; range 9.81-17.3. No violation. | 15.29 ppb | 60 | 2024 |
| PFAS (29-compound UCMR5 panel) Two rounds of UCMR5 testing in 2024 found no detectable PFAS anywhere in the supply. | ND ppt | 2024 | |
| Barium Metals refinery discharge and natural deposits; range 0.055-0.116. | 0.116 ppm | 2 | 2022 |
EPA compliance record · East Canton Village
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2021Ground Water Rule · did not fix a deficiency the state found · returned to compliance
- 2020Ground Water Rule · did not fix a deficiency the state found · returned to compliance
6 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 4 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 2 health-based.
EPA compliance record · Canton Public Water System (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 8 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 2 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 2 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
Projects & plans2
Recent and current work
- Sugar Creek WTP renovation · 2022-2025 · under construction
Well heads 1-7, raw water mains, aerators, clearwell baffles and rebuilt filters with air wash; substantial completion due late fall 2025.
Planned or needed
- New Cromer Reservoir · 2026 · planned
Replaces the reservoir Ohio EPA flagged in 2019; bidding May 2025, construction November 2025, substantial completion targeted November 2026.
Supply stress
Source Water Assessments rate all three well fields highly susceptible to contamination — the aquifers are shallow and permeable — though Canton reported no PFAS in two rounds of UCMR5 testing. Three independent plants plus ~30 million gallons of reserve storage cover single-point failures.
Sewers
Sanitary
Canton's Water Reclamation Facility treats sanitary sewage from across the greater Stark County area, designed for 39 MGD average and 88 MGD peak flow using grit and grease removal, fine screening, flow equalization, membrane bioreactors and post-aeration, discharging by gravity to Nimishillen Creek.
Storm
Canton adopted a stormwater utility in 2025, effective Jan. 1, 2026: $3.75/month for one-to-three-family homes and $3.75-$325 for other parcels by impervious area, with credits up to 20%.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Present in 1 ZIP code
Serves
Main water supplier in 1 ZIP code
- 44730 · Osnaburg Township and Canton28% 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
East Canton Village buys its water from Canton Public Water System.
No other system is on record buying water from East Canton Village.
What the records show about East Canton Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes East Canton Village as owned by a local government. It has 742 service connections and serves 1,606 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 330-936-6094.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
East Canton Village buys water that Canton Public Water System treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Canton Public Water System: aeration, chlorine disinfection, fluoridation, and sand or media filtration.
East Canton Village adds nothing of its own on that table.
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 counts 2 health-based violations for East Canton Village since 2015. Health-based means a contaminant above its legal limit or a required treatment step not carried out. They fall into 2 separate problems (one contaminant or rule in one year); the table lists them all.
EPA logs 6 violations of any kind since 2020: 4 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 2 health-based.
| Year | Contaminant or rule | Kind | Measured | Limit | Status in EPA's record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ground Water Rule | did not fix a deficiency the state found | not on file | not on file | returned to compliance |
| 2020 | Ground Water Rule | did not fix a deficiency the state found | not on file | not on file | returned to compliance |
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 2025, the 90th-percentile lead result at East Canton 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.
EPA has 9 sampling periods on file for East Canton Village since 2016, the first ending in 2016; 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 East Canton Village sent EPA, 730 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 0 |
| Not lead | 730 |
| All lines | 730 |
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
The water East Canton Village buys is treated by Canton Public Water System, so the results below are Canton Public Water System's.
EPA's fifth national round of testing (UCMR 5) took 7 samples of the water entering the pipes of Canton Public Water System in 2024 to 2025 and measured 29 PFAS. No PFAS was detected, PFOA and PFOS (federal limit 4 ng/L each) among them.
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 3 plants of Canton Public Water System (latest sample September 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
Ohio EPA's current sampling status map lists 3 plants of Canton Public Water System as sampled, most recently April 2026.
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 East Canton Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 27.5 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 44.8 µg/L and the highest single sample was 54.2 µg/L, from 15 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 0 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 8.3 µg/L and the highest single sample was 14.5 µg/L, from 15 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 27.5 µg/L (2019) | 44.8 µg/L | 54.2 µg/L | 15 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 8.3 µg/L | 14.5 µg/L | 15 |
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
The water East Canton Village buys is treated by Canton Public Water System, so the results below are Canton Public Water System's.
Nitrate: the highest of 24 samples was 0.31 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2014; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 0.13 mg/L. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic was not detected in 9 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 24 | 0.31 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 9 | not detected | 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.
EPA's file lumps the entry-point samples of all 3 plants of Canton Public Water System together, so a result over a limit may come from a plant that serves a different part of town.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water of Canton Public Water System.
Solvents and fuels
The water East Canton Village buys is treated by Canton Public Water System, so the results below are Canton Public Water System's.
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 9 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | 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 of Canton Public Water System.
Farm chemicals and metals
The water East Canton Village buys is treated by Canton Public Water System, so the results below are Canton Public Water System's.
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: barium in 9 of 9 samples, highest 130 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, chromium, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and thallium, in 9 samples each.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 9 | 9 of 9 | 130 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 9 | 0 of 9 | not detected | 0 |
Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.
EPA's file lumps the entry-point samples of all 3 plants of Canton Public Water System together, so a result over a limit may come from a plant that serves a different part of town.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water of Canton Public Water System.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 0 of 196 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at East Canton Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 24 did.
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 East Canton Village buys its water from Canton Public Water System, a system that adjusts the fluoride level to the recommended level for preventing tooth decay.
EPA's treatment table lists fluoridation among the steps at Canton Public Water System, which treats the water East Canton Village buys.
Measured fluoride: 0.94 mg/L on average leaving the plants of Canton Public Water System, which supplies East Canton Village, in 2019 (in the range dentists aim for); samples ran from 0.86 to 1.1 mg/L across 9 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.
Lithium
Lithium was found in 4 of 6 UCMR 5 samples at Canton Public Water System, which supplies East Canton Village, highest 11.5 µg/L; detections averaged 10.3, last sampled in 2025.
Lithium is not regulated. EPA's draft health reference level is 10 µg/L, and it occurs naturally in deep groundwater, so well systems in the northwest run highest.
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026), samples from 2023 to 2025.
Water and sewer bills
Ohio EPA's 2023 rate survey puts the water bill at East Canton Village for a household using 5,000 gallons a month at $927 a year, about $77 a month.
| Use | Water, per year | Sewer, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 2,500 gallons a month | $503 | not on file |
| 5,000 gallons a month | $927 | not on file |
| 8,000 gallons a month | $1,435 | not on file |
The survey lists it as “East Canton”. These are inside-city rates and annual bills at the use shown.
Source: Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State University, May 2025).
How well the service area is mapped
The service area drawn on the map for East Canton Village comes from the utility's own map.
Source: EPA Service Area Boundaries; resident estimate by this atlas from ZIP-code overlap.
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 OH7601503 (EPA ECHO).
