Water system
Bolivar Village
EPA ID OH7900212 · Tuscarawas County · 998 people served · owned by a local government
Bolivar Village buys its water from Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills.
The system's record
- Active wells
- 2
- Serves
- 6,587 people · Tuscarawas County
- EPA ID
- OH7901612
About this area's water Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills
Did you know
- The utility's own address is 9944 Wilkshire Boulevard NE - the water system is named for the subdivision its office and treatment plant sit in.
- TCMSD pumped just over 202 million gallons of drinking water in 2025 and puts the replacement value of its water and sewer assets at about $170 million.
- The Village of Bolivar buys its water from the Wilkshire Hills system through two master meters, so a canal town platted in 1830 drinks from two wells drilled beside a 20th-century subdivision.
- Fort Laurens, the only Revolutionary War fort built in Ohio, went up near Bolivar in 1778.
- The 2025 water quality report had to be reissued on 5/14/2026 to delete a duplicate nickel entry that had been printed twice in the Wilkshire Hills table.
History6
- 1778Fort Laurens, Ohio's only Revolutionary War fort, is built near the site of present-day Bolivar.
- 1830Bolivar is platted as part of the growth generated by the Ohio and Erie Canal, long before any public water system existed here.
- 1973The Tuscarawas County Metropolitan Sewer District is formed by the county commissioners; it operates water service under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 6103.
- 2020Ohio EPA completes the Source Water Assessment for the Wilkshire Hills groundwater supply, rating its susceptibility to contamination as High.
- 2025TCMSD holds an unconditioned license to operate the Wilkshire Hills system and pumps just over 202 million gallons across its three water systems.
- 2026A third Wilkshire Hills groundwater well is under construction and scheduled to go into service; new water and sewer rates take effect January 1.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from two wells next to the Wilkshire Hills Water Treatment Facility, one of three treatment plants TCMSD operates. Finished water is chlorinated (2025 residual 1.09 ppm, range 0.92-1.17) and distributed over roughly 90 miles of district water main with 10 storage tanks and booster pump…
Water pressure
Not published. TCMSD publishes no pressure zones or psi figures on tcmsd.org or in its 2025 water quality report.
What it costs
$6.35 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $49 a month for water.
TCMSD retail water rates effective January 1, 2026: $23.97 monthly base charge for a 5/8-inch residential meter plus $6.35 per 1,000 gallons; larger meters $32.54 (3/4-inch) up to…
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range of detections 4.66-4.77; far below the MCL. | 4.77 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Range 6.61-12.5. | 12.5 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Chlorine Range 0.92-1.17. | 1.09 ppm | MRDL 4 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | 2.13 ppm | 10 | 2025 |
| Fluoride Range 1.00-2.79. TCMSD's table labels the fluoride row 'ppb', but the MCL it prints (4) is the 4 ppm fluoride MCL, so… | 1.19 ppm | 4 | 2025 |
| Barium | 0.07 ppm | 2 | 2025 |
| Chromium | 2.25 ppb | 100 | 2025 |
| Selenium | 1.41 ppb | 50 | 2025 |
| Combined radium | 0.23 pCi/L | 5 | 2025 |
| Gross alpha emitters Sampled less often than yearly, as Ohio EPA allows. | 1.04 pCi/L | 15 | 2022 |
Source: tcmsd.orgdata.epa.gov
EPA compliance record · Bolivar Village
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 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
EPA compliance record · Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
Projects & plans4
Recent and current work
- Lead and Copper Rule service line inventory · 2025 · completed
Inventory maintained and viewable at the district office. Wilkshire Hills has some service lines of unknown material and fewer than 10 galvanized lines…
Source: tcmsd.org
Planned or needed
- Third Wilkshire Hills groundwater well · 2026 · under construction
Stated in the 2025 water quality report as under construction and scheduled to go into service in 2026. No cost published. - Water transmission line connecting Wilkshire Hills to the City of Canton · planned
Listed in the 2025 report's capital improvement paragraph as a secondary source of water in an emergency. No cost or date published. - Replacement of aging water lines · proposed
The district says these are all dependent on obtaining adequate grants and loans. No cost or date published.
Source: tcmsd.org
Supply stress
Ohio EPA rated the Wilkshire Hills groundwater supply's susceptibility to contamination High in its 2020 Source Water Assessment - a statement about vulnerability, not current quality; the 2025 results show no MCL exceedances and an unconditioned license to operate, and EPA records show a single monitoring violation in 1995, resolved in…
Source: tcmsd.orgdata.epa.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
TCMSD's Wilkshire Hills wastewater treatment plant, rated 750,000 gallons per day, serves Bolivar, Hunters Green, the Lawrence Township Industrial Park, Wilkshire Hills and Zoar. District-wide TCMSD runs 73 miles of sewers, 24 major pump stations and about 550 septic tank systems for roughly 10,000 residents. Monthly sewer rates…
Storm
Not published. Neither TCMSD nor the county publishes storm sewer information for Bolivar or Wilkshire Hills.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Present in 2 ZIP codes
Serves
Main water supplier in 1 ZIP code
- 44656 · Sandy Township and Mineral City5% of residents
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 44612 · Lawrence Township and Bolivar18% 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
Bolivar Village buys its water from Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills.
No other system is on record buying water from Bolivar Village.
What the records show about Bolivar Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Bolivar Village as owned by a local government. It has 444 service connections and serves 998 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 330-874-3717.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
Bolivar Village buys water that Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills: corrosion control, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, and fluoridation.
Bolivar 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's record shows no health-based violations for Bolivar Village since 2015.
EPA logs 1 violation of any kind since 2020: 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
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 Bolivar 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 6 sampling periods on file for Bolivar Village since 2016, the first ending in 2018; 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 Bolivar Village sent EPA, 434 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 0 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 427 |
| Not lead | 7 |
| All lines | 434 |
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
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Bolivar Village (latest sample August 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
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 Bolivar Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 8.7 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 11.2 µg/L and the highest single sample was 12.1 µg/L, from 14 samples taken from 2013 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 29.4 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 29.4 µg/L and the highest single sample was 47.6 µg/L, from 14 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 8.7 µg/L (2019) | 11.2 µg/L | 12.1 µg/L | 14 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 29.4 µg/L | 29.4 µg/L | 47.6 µg/L | 14 |
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
Nitrate: the highest of 8 samples was 3.59 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2012; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 2.16 mg/L. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic was not detected in 3 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 8 | 3.59 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 3 | 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.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Solvents and fuels
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 4 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 4 | 0 of 4 | 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.
Farm chemicals and metals
EPA's file holds results for 8 of the nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: chromium in 2 of 3 samples, highest 7.96 µg/L (limit 100); barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 150 µg/L (limit 2,000); selenium in 1 of 3 samples, highest 3.99 µg/L (limit 50). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, cadmium, mercury, and thallium, in 3 samples each.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 3 | 2 of 3 | 7.96 µg/L | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 3 | 3 of 3 | 150 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 3 | 1 of 3 | 3.99 µg/L | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
Non-detects count as zero in the highest-result column.
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, finished water.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 1 of 98 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Bolivar Village tested positive (1.02%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 14 did. E. coli was never found in the 79 samples tested for it.
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 Bolivar Village has fluoride from natural sources, but at a level below what is recommended for preventing tooth decay, and does not adjust it. The level it reports is 0.3 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists fluoridation among the steps at Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills, which treats the water Bolivar Village buys.
Measured fluoride: 0.3 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2019 (below the 0.7 mg/L target); samples ran at 0.3 mg/L across 3 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 not detected in 2 UCMR 5 samples at Tcmsd-wilkshire Hills, which supplies Bolivar Village, last sampled in 2024 (the method reports from 9 µg/L).
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.
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of Bolivar Village with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
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 — 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
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH7900212 (EPA ECHO).
