Water system
North Canton City
EPA ID OH7604312 · Stark County · 24,747 people served · owned by a local government
North Canton City treats its own water from Wells in buried valley & Massillon Sandstone aquifers.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- Buried Valley and Massillon Sandstone Aquifers
- Active wells
- 9
- Serves
- 24,747 people · Stark County
- EPA ID
- OH7604312
9 wells across 5 well fields (Freedom Ave, Price Park, Dressler Rd, East Maple ball field, Oster); new Arrowhead well added in 2025 to help manage chloride levels.
About this area's water
Did you know
- The city was New Berlin until 1918, when it renamed itself North Canton because association with German culture had become unfashionable during World War I.
- The upright vacuum cleaner was invented here: department store janitor James M. Spangler built the first one in June 1908, and William H. Hoover — who had moved his tannery to the village center in 1873 — bought the…
- The water plant keeps emergency connections to both the Canton Water System and Aqua Ohio's Massillon system, and used neither in 2025.
- The 2025 Arrowhead well was drilled 500-plus feet under a city-owned golf course for a chemical reason: sixty years of road salt have pushed chloride up across the northeastern US, and deeper, lower-chloride water is…
- In 2025 the system pumped 954 million gallons — an average of 2.64 million gallons a day — from just nine wells scattered across five sites, including two under an East Maple ball field.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgnorthcantonohio.govnorthcantonohio.gov
History6
- 1831Founded February 19, 1831 by German settlers as the Village of New Berlin, the first village platted in Plain Township, Stark County.
- 1908Department store janitor James M. Spangler invented the first upright vacuum cleaner in town in June 1908; William H. Hoover bought the patent, and the Hoover Company became the world's largest…
- 1912The municipal water system began with the city's first well and a 50,000-gallon storage tank.
- 1918The village renamed itself North Canton as association with German culture became unfashionable during World War I.
- 1928A second municipal well was added during post-WWI expansion.
- 1938-1940The city purchased the Freedom Avenue site and drilled two wells there (1938 and 1940), the nucleus of the present treatment plant property.
Source: northcantonohio.govnorthcantonohio.goven.wikipedia.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
All source water is groundwater: nine wells at five locations — two on the Freedom Avenue plant property, two at Price Park, two on Dressler Road, two at the East Maple ball field and one on the Oster property — drawing from the Buried Valley (sand and gravel) and Massillon Sandstone aquifers.…
Source: northcantonohio.govnorthcantonohio.gov
Water pressure
Not published. No psi figures or pressure zones appear in the CCR or on city pages. The system is fed by two elevated towers holding 2.25 million gallons combined — a…
Source: northcantonohio.gov
What it costs
$7.10 per 1,000 gallons
Chapter 937, Sec. 937.01 (Ord. 45-2023) sets rates directly per 1,000 gallons — no unit conversion involved. Residential inside the city, 2026: $7.10 for 0-15,000 gal/month, $8.13…
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes) Range 49.7-58.1 ppb; sampled 08/01/2025 at two distribution sites (2020 E. Maple St NW and 5455 Market Ave NW). No… | 58.1 ppb | 80 (MCL) | 2025 |
| HAA5 (Haloacetic Acids) Range 9.58-13.2 ppb. No violation. | 13.2 ppb | 60 (MCL) | 2025 |
| Fluoride Monthly monitoring; range 0.98-1.11 ppm. Added to promote healthy teeth. | 1.04 ppm | 4 (MCL) | 2025 |
| Nitrate Yearly sampling; range 0.000-0.100 ppm — effectively absent, notable for a shallow buried-valley aquifer. | <0.100 ppm | 10 (MCL) | 2025 |
| Barium Range 0.017-0.017 ppm. | 0.017 ppm | 2 (MCL) | 2025 |
| Chlorine (residual) Monthly samples from distribution microbiology sites; range 0.87-1.14 ppm. | 1.00 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) Zero of 45 samples exceeded the action level in the last required round, July 2023. | 0.000 ppb | 15 (action… | 2023 |
| Copper (90th percentile) Zero of 45 samples exceeded the action level, July 2023. | 0.0157 ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2023 |
| Dibromochloromethane Monthly at entry point EP-001; range 0.73-6.44 ppb. Disinfection by-product. | 6.44 ppb | no individual… | 2025 |
| Bromodichloromethane Range 0.55-4.75 ppb. Disinfection by-product. | 4.75 ppb | no individual… | 2025 |
Source: northcantonohio.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2023 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
Projects & plans1
Recent and current work
- Arrowhead Water Well Project · $1.7 million · 2025 · under construction
A new 500+ foot well on the city-owned Arrowhead Golf Course & Event Center property, intended as a lower-chloride source to blend with the existing wells and…
Source: northcantonohio.govsykes.house.govnorthcantonohio.gov
Supply stress
Volume is not the constraint; contamination risk is. The susceptibility analysis based on the January 2019 Bennett & Williams delineation update (with Ohio EPA assessments from October 2002 and June 2007) rates the source of drinking water HIGH susceptibility to contamination for three reasons: the water table is shallow, 4 to 17.7 feet…
Sewers
Sanitary
North Canton owns no wastewater treatment plant; it partners with Stark County and the City of Canton for sewer service. Residential sanitary sewer is a flat $33.50 per month, with bills increased 5% if not paid within fifteen days. The city runs a Satellite Sewer Discharge Control Program required under the City of Canton's NPDES…
Storm
A separate Storm Water program is listed on the city site. No flooding problems, combined sewer overflows or stormwater utility fee were identified in the sources reviewed.
Source: northcantonohio.gov
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
- 44720 · North Canton and Canton67% of residents
Also present in 3 more ZIP codes
- 44709 · Canton11% of residents
- 44721 · Plain Township and Canton7% of residents
- 44685 · Green and Uniontown1% 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
North Canton City does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from North Canton City.
Photograph
On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 4 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
North Canton City's own pages: northcantonohio.gov, northcantonohio.gov
Notable facts: en.wikipedia.org, northcantonohio.gov, northcantonohio.gov
History: northcantonohio.gov, northcantonohio.gov, en.wikipedia.org
Water quality: northcantonohio.gov
Water pressure: northcantonohio.gov
Capital projects: northcantonohio.gov, sykes.house.gov, northcantonohio.gov
Rates: northcantonohio.gov, northcantonohio.gov
Sewers: northcantonohio.gov
Treatment: northcantonohio.gov, northcantonohio.gov
Supply stress: northcantonohio.gov, northcantonohio.gov