Water system
Stark County Water District
EPA ID OH7607303 · Stark County · 6,690 people served · owned by a local government
Stark County Water District buys its water from Aqua Ohio - Massillon.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- Tuscarawas Valley sand and gravel aquifer
- Active wells
- 11
- Serves
- 95,636 people · Stark County
- EPA ID
- OH7604512
Massillon Division draws from ~10-11 wells in the buried sand-and-gravel aquifer beneath the Tuscarawas River valley; historically supplemented by purchases from City of North Canton as backup.
About this area's water
Did you know
- The Stark County Water District owns no wells, no plant and no treatment: it buys finished water from Aqua Ohio at exactly two points, one on Edison Street and one on State Street, both on the west county line, and…
- Its only backup is an emergency connection to North Canton's system, which drew no water at all in 2025.
- The county's water rates have not changed since January 1, 2021, while its sewer rates were reset effective January 1, 2026.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
The Stark County Water District treats no water of its own. It buys finished, treated water from Aqua Ohio, Inc. (Stark Regional Division, PWSID OH7604512), delivered at two master points on Edison Street and State Street at the west Stark County border, and distributes it to portions of Lake…
Source: starkcountyohio.govstarkcountyohio.gov
Water pressure
Not published. No pressure data, hydraulic model, or pressure-zone information appears in the district's CCR or on the Stark County Sanitary Engineer's pages.
What it costs
$5.50 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $22 a month for water.
Stark County Sanitary Engineer water rates, effective January 1, 2021, billed monthly: $5.50 per 1,000 gallons for the first 10,000 gallons, $4.95 per 1,000 gallons from 10,001 to…
Source: starkcountyohio.gov
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range 40.3 to 47.4 ppb, measured in the district's distribution system. | 47.4 ppb | 80 ppb MCL | 2025 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Below the reporting limit in all samples. | <6.0 ppb | 60 ppb MCL | 2025 |
| Chlorine Range 0.5 to 1.0 ppm. | 0.7 ppm | 4 ppm MRDL | 2025 |
| Lead No individual results over the action level. | 0.0 ppb | 15.5 ppb action… | 2025 |
| Copper No individual results over the action level. | 0.0 ppm | 1.3 ppm action… | 2025 |
| Fluoride Measured in the Aqua Ohio Stark Regional supply; range 0.58 to 1.15 ppm. | 1.09 ppm | 4 ppm MCL | 2025 |
| Barium Aqua Ohio Stark Regional supply. | 0.01 ppm | 2 ppm MCL | 2025 |
| Arsenic Aqua Ohio Stark Regional supply; not detected. | 0.00 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL | 2025 |
| Lithium Range 11.1 to 14.7 ppb in the Aqua Ohio supply. | 12.9 ppb | unregulated | 2023 |
| PFOA Reported in the unregulated contaminant table for the Aqua Ohio supply. | ND - 0.0013 ppb | unregulated at… | 2023 |
Source: starkcountyohio.gov
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.
1 violation of any kind logged since 2020, 1 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
EPA compliance record · Aqua Ohio - Massillon (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2024 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
3 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans1
Planned or needed
- Seneca Hills sewer and water extension (Lake Township) · 2026 · proposed
Petition mailed to property owners 8/18/2026; parcel count not yet determined. Listed on the Stark County Sanitary Engineer's project information page. No cost…
Source: starkcountyohio.gov
Supply stress
The Ohio EPA source water susceptibility analysis rates the aquifer supplying Aqua Ohio - and therefore the Stark County Water District - as having HIGH susceptibility to contamination, based on the aquifer's sensitivity, the number and types of potential contaminant sources within the wellhead protection area, and evidence of historical…
Source: starkcountyohio.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Sanitary sewer in the same area is provided by the Stark County Sanitary Engineer (Stark County Metropolitan Sewer District), which serves unincorporated Stark County plus portions of Summit and Carroll counties and the villages of East Canton, East Sparta, Magnolia, Meyers Lake and Waynesburg. Rates effective January 1, 2026, billed…
Storm
Not published; the Sanitary Engineer's pages cover sanitary sewer and water only, though the department does run an inflow and infiltration program and a clean water disconnection program aimed at keeping stormwater out of sanitary sewers.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Main supplier in 2 ZIP codes
Serves
Main water supplier in 2 ZIP codes
- 44630 · Lake Township and Greentown100% of residents
- 44685 · Green and Uniontown33% of residents
Also present in 2 more ZIP codes
- 44720 · North Canton and Canton3% of residents
- 44260 · Suffield Township and Mogadore1% 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
Stark County Water District buys its water from Aqua Ohio - Massillon.
No other system is on record buying water from Stark County Water District.
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
Notable facts: starkcountyohio.gov, starkcountyohio.gov
Water quality: starkcountyohio.gov
Planned work: starkcountyohio.gov
Rates: starkcountyohio.gov
Sewers: starkcountyohio.gov, starkcountyohio.gov
Treatment: starkcountyohio.gov, starkcountyohio.gov
Supply stress: starkcountyohio.gov