Water system
Reno Water and Sewer 1
EPA ID OH8402503 · Washington County · 2,189 people served
Reno Water and Sewer 1 buys its water from Marietta City.
The system's record
- Aquifer
- Ohio River valley aquifer (shallow sand-and-gravel wells near Ohio/Muskingum confluence)
- Active wells
- 7
- Serves
- 18,707 people · Washington County
- EPA ID
- OH8400412
Marietta draws from 7 wells in a shallow (<30 ft) sand-and-gravel aquifer along the Ohio/Muskingum River confluence; recent news coverage highlights contamination risk from nearby oil/gas injection wells threatening this aquifer.
About this area's water Marietta City
Did you know
- Marietta has been fighting a PCE dry-cleaning-solvent plume in its well-field aquifer since 1986 by running interceptor well #1 nonstop, pumping and aerating the chemical out of the ground.
- Parking is banned within 300 feet of any city drinking water well; the production wells sit on Linwood Avenue next to the Marietta Bantam Baseball Fields, and ballplayers are told to park at the Marietta Boat Ramp or…
- A 2026 investigation found that brine waste from a Class II injection well roughly two miles from the city's drinking water aquifer had already travelled about five miles underground into 28 oil and gas wells, with…
- The city is replacing its aging lime-and-soda-ash softening plants with a 4.5 MGD reverse osmosis plant, expandable to 6 MGD, aimed at near-total PFAS removal — funded partly by $10 million in Ohio EPA principal…
- Under Ohio Revised Code 4933.19 and city ordinance 927.99, tampering with a water meter or making an unmetered connection is a theft offense: $500 for a first offense, and up to $1,000 or three months in jail for a…
History6
- 1986Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) first detected in the city's sand-and-gravel well-field aquifer. Interceptor well #1 has been pumped and aerated continuously ever since to contain and strip PCE out of the…
- 2015In September 2015 Ohio EPA's Drinking Water Source Assessment rated Marietta's groundwater source HIGH susceptibility to contamination, citing the aquifer's shallow depth (less than 30 feet below…
- 2019-2020ODNR's Division of Oil and Gas Resource Management investigated and confirmed that brine waste from the Redbird #4 Class II injection well migrated underground, reaching oil and gas production wells…
- 2022A large section of 8- and 10-inch water main on Glendale Extension was replaced from Brentwood Drive to Swaney Court and returned to service.
- 2023Construction began in July on a new reverse-osmosis water treatment plant at the former Plant 2 site, to replace the city's aging lime-and-soda-ash softening plants. Ohio EPA awarded the project $10…
- 2026On July 1-2, four Washington County Class II injection wells — Redbird No. 4 and No. 5, American Growers No. 1 and Nichols No. 1-A — stopped operating amid brine-migration concerns.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Seven production wells in a shallow sand-and-gravel aquifer along the Ohio/Muskingum River valley feed a plant that is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week and runs more than 600 water samples a month. Treatment is lime softening plus sodium hexametaphosphate for corrosion control, which EPA…
Source: cms3.revize.commariettaoh.net
Water pressure
Not published. No system psi figure appears in the 2025 CCR, the February 2026 utility rate book, or the city's water treatment pages.
Source: cms3.revize.comcms3.revize.com
What it costs
$11.39 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $57 a month for water.
Bimonthly billing, consumption metered in 100-cubic-foot increments (100 cu ft = 748 gal). Inside-city water, per the rate book revised February 9, 2026: $8.52 per 100 cu ft on…
Source: cms3.revize.com
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Disinfection byproduct; no violation. | 48.4 (range… ug/L | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Disinfection byproduct; no violation. | 5.7 (range… ug/L | 60 | 2025 |
| Total Chlorine Residual disinfectant. | 1.2 (range… mg/L | MRDL = 4 | 2025 |
| Nitrate Fertilizer runoff, septic leaching, natural deposits. | 1.69 mg/L | 10 | 2025 |
| Fluoride Naturally occurring plus fluoridation additive. | 0.98 (range… mg/L | 4 | 2025 |
| Barium Drilling wastes, metal refineries, natural deposits. | 0.012 mg/L | 2 | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) All 30 sampled taps non-detect; 0 of 30 over the action level. | 0.00 ug/L | 15 ppb action… | 2024 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 30 taps over the action level. | 0.01 mg/L | 1.3 ppm action… | 2024 |
| PFOA 5.2 ppt. Below the Ohio EPA action level in force when sampled, but above the 4 ppt federal MCL that becomes… | 0.0052 ug/L | 0.004 ug/L (4… | 2024 |
| PFOS 5.6 ppt; same status as PFOA above. | 0.0056 ug/L | 0.004 ug/L (4… | 2024 |
Source: cms3.revize.com
EPA compliance record · Reno Water and Sewer 1
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0.5 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 · Marietta City (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0.6 ppb in 2026 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
2 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans5
Recent and current work
- Reverse osmosis water treatment plant (4.5 MGD, expandable to 6 MGD) · $35 million · 2023 · under construction
Broke ground July/August 2023 at the former Plant 2 site to replace the city's aging lime-and-soda-ash softening plants, which will then be demolished. Mayor… - Glendale Extension water main replacement · 2022 · completed
8- and 10-inch main replaced from Brentwood Drive to Swaney Court and returned to service. - Well-field monitoring expansion · 2025 · under construction
The city runs 7 production wells and roughly 20 monitoring wells near the Muskingum River, and is adding 3 more monitoring wells near the river and the…
Source: mariettaoh.netwtap.comwtap.com
Planned or needed
- Water main replacement capital improvement plan · $220 million · 2025 · planned
Reported by the Marietta Times in September 2025: a $220 million plan to replace more than 26 miles of water main over coming decades, with anticipated… - Brine-plume containment / remediation in the Muskingum valley aquifer · 2026 · needed
No funded project exists. Marietta College professor David Jeffery estimated that cleanup to keep radioactive brine from reaching aquifers or the surface would…
Supply stress
High. Ohio EPA's September 2015 source assessment rates the shallow (<30 ft) sand-and-gravel aquifer HIGH susceptibility to contamination, and the aquifer already hosts a PCE plume that has been actively contained since 1986. Since 2019 it has also faced brine migration from Class II oil and gas injection wells: ODNR confirmed waste from…
Sewers
Sanitary
The City of Marietta Water Reclamation (Wastewater) Treatment Plant is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Under Ordinance No. 167 (22-23) sewer is billed on water consumption or metered sewage in 100-cubic-foot increments: $8.90 per 100 cu ft plus a $24.60 administrative charge, bimonthly. Minimum inside-city sewer charge is…
Storm
Marietta operates a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) as defined in its own codified ordinances, regulated under an NPDES storm water discharge permit, with construction-site stormwater governed by the Ohio EPA general permit for land disturbance.…
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Present in 1 ZIP code
Serves
No ZIP code has Reno Water and Sewer 1 on record as its main water supplier.
Also present in 1 more ZIP code
- 45750 · Marietta9% 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
Reno Water and Sewer 1 buys its water from Marietta City.
No other system is on record buying water from Reno Water and Sewer 1.
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