Lebanon City

• Lebanon hasn't treated a drop of its own drinking water since October 2012, when city and Cincinnati officials turned a valve together to start a 40-year, up-to-7-million-gallons-a-day wholesale deal.
• The pipeline that made that possible -- 40,000 feet of water main plus a new pump station -- was built starting in fall 2010 and finished three months ahead of schedule.
• Lebanon tap water is a blend: about 88% Ohio River water filtered through granular activated carbon at Cincinnati's Miller plant, about 12% groundwater lime-softened at the Bolton plant from a Great Miami Aquifer well…
• GCWW was the first water utility in the nation to use granular activated carbon with on-site reactivation, and it added UV disinfection after sand filtration and GAC.
• Buying its water didn't make Lebanon a bystander: the city still owns and maintains about 110 miles of pipe, four booster stations and four water towers for roughly 7,300 accounts, and ran over 1,000 of its own water…

Source: cincinnati-oh.govlebanonohio.govcincinnati-oh.gov

• 2004The City of Lebanon established its stormwater utility to address a backlog of stormwater infrastructure needs and comply with EPA-mandated stormwater quality requirements.
• fall 2010Construction began on 40,000 feet of water main and a new pump station to bring Greater Cincinnati Water Works water from the Richard Miller Treatment Plant to Lebanon; it finished three months ahead…
• October 23…Officials from Lebanon and GCWW turned the valve together to celebrate the start of water service and the regional partnership. GCWW agreed to provide up to 7 million gallons a day for 40 years.…
• 2025Lebanon drew water through its emergency backup connection with Warren County during the year, alongside its GCWW supply. Lebanon and GCWW both held unconditional Ohio EPA licenses and were in…
• January 1…Current water, sewer and stormwater rate schedule took effect.

Source: cincinnati-oh.govlebanonohio.govlebanonohio.gov

How it is treated

Lebanon does not treat its own drinking water; it purchases finished potable water wholesale from Greater Cincinnati Water Works. GCWW's supply is a blend of Ohio River surface water treated at the Richard Miller Treatment Plant (about 88% of GCWW's water) and groundwater from the Bolton Well Field…

Source: lebanonohio.govcincinnati-oh.govlebanonohio.gov

Water pressure

Not published. No Lebanon or GCWW pressure-zone map or psi figure was found in the sources reviewed.

$6.92 per 1,000 gallons

Typical household bill about $39 a month for water.

Effective January 1, 2026. Inside the corporation limits, the water minimum covers the first 2,500 gallons and is set by meter size, from $21.71 (5/8-inch) up to $3,044.45…

Source: lebanonohio.govlebanonohio.gov

Source: lebanonohio.govlebanonohio.gov

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.2 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

EPA compliance record · Cincinnati Public Water System (treats the water)

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 2.1 ppb in 2026 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

Planned or needed

• Aeration improvements at the wastewater treatment plant · 2026-2027 · planned
  Carried on both the 2026 and 2027 Lebanon City Council goals under Improve Infrastructure & Facilities. No cost published.
• Sewer System Master Plan update · 2026-2027 · planned
  Listed in the 2026 council goals as an update and again in 2027. No cost published.
• Water main replacements in conjunction with the road program · 2026-2027 · planned
  Part of the city's aggressive water-main replacement program for aging infrastructure, executed alongside annual paving. Cost is carried in the CIP, which was…

Source: cms8.revize.comcms8.revize.comlebanonohio.gov

Lebanon's source is not stressed. It draws on GCWW, which serves more than 1.1 million people, produces about 133 million gallons a day and can treat up to 280 million, from the Ohio River plus the Great Miami Aquifer. Lebanon's own exposure is contractual and structural rather than hydrologic: its wholesale agreement is capped at 7 MGD…

Source: cincinnati-oh.govlebanonohio.govcincinnati-oh.gov

Sanitary

The City of Lebanon operates its own sanitary collection system and wastewater treatment plant. The collection system is more than 100 miles of sanitary sewer main, 14 miles of sanitary force main and seven pump stations. Aeration improvements at the WWTP and an update of the Sewer System Master Plan are on the 2026 and 2027 council goal…

Storm

Lebanon runs a separate stormwater utility, established in 2004 to address a backlog of stormwater infrastructure needs and to comply with EPA-mandated stormwater quality requirements. It maintains 92 miles of storm sewer main. Residential customers pay a…

Source: lebanonohio.govlebanonohio.govlebanonohio.gov

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.