Water system
Creston Village
EPA ID OH8500312 · Wayne County · 2,171 people served · owned by a local government
Creston Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (2 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 2
- Serves
- 2,171 people · Wayne County
- EPA ID
- OH8500312
About this area's water
Did you know
- Creston's water report publishes a named expert who disagrees with the state about its own water: a hydrogeologist who has worked the village wells for more than 20 years argues roughly 100 feet of clay protects the…
- The biggest named threat to Creston's drinking water is the thing that created the town. It grew up as a railroad settlement in the 1860s, and the CCR names the two railroad lines running through it as the greatest…
- In 2023 one in ten lead samples exceeded the federal action level in each of the two testing periods - one at 36 ppb, more than double the limit - yet the reported compliance figure, a 90th-percentile value, showed no…
- The village changed its name in 1881; its post office had operated as Pike Station since 1865.
History4
- 1860sCreston got its start as a railroad town; a post office under the name Pike Station was established in 1865.
- 1881The name was changed from Pike Station to Creston.
- 2019With help from Ohio EPA, the village formed a Source Water Assessment and Protection Program team of village employees and citizens, after the state study rated the aquifer highly susceptible to…
- 2023In each of the year's two lead monitoring periods, 1 of 10 samples exceeded the 15 ppb action level; the second-half period included an individual result of 36 ppb. The 90th-percentile compliance…
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from two wells owned by the village, feeding the Village of Creston Water Plant. The only treatment step documented in the sources is chlorine disinfection - total chlorine averaged 0.97 ppm in 2023 (range 0.53-1.42). Neither the CCR nor the village's water and sewer department page…
Source: crestonvillage.orgcrestonvillage.org
Water pressure
Not published. No psi figures or pressure-zone information appear in the CCR or on the village website.
What it costs
Not published. The village's water and sewer department page lists staff and a water billing clerk line (330-435-6021, ext. 2, option 3) but carries no rate schedule, and no rate…
Source: crestonvillage.org
Water quality & impurities7
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Chlorine Range 0.53-1.42 ppm. Disinfectant residual; no violation. | 0.97 ppm | 4 ppm (MRDL) | 2023 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) No violation. The CCR is internally inconsistent here: it reports a level found of 7.4 ppb alongside a range of… | 7.4 ppb | 80 ppb (MCL) | 2023 |
| Arsenic Range 0-5.2 ppb. No violation. | 1.3 ppb | 10 ppb (MCL) | 2023 |
| Fluoride No violation. Monitored less often than annually. | 0.41 ppm | 4 ppm (MCL) | 2019 |
| Barium No violation. Monitored less often than annually. | 0.05 ppm | 2 ppm (MCL) | 2019 |
| Lead (90th percentile) Two monitoring periods, and in EACH one 1 of 10 samples exceeded the 15 ppb action level. The second-half period… | 4.4 (Jan-Jun) /… ppb | 15 ppb (Action… | 2023 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples over the action level in each period. | 0.77 (Jan-Jun)… ppm | 1.3 ppm (Action… | 2023 |
Source: crestonvillage.org
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA health-based violations since 2015:
- 2025Ground Water Rule · treatment technique violation · open
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's source water study rates the aquifer supplying Creston as having a high susceptibility to contamination, a determination the CCR says rests on tests indicating a shallow aquifer depth of 31 feet below ground surface. The village publishes a named dissent alongside it: George Mayhew, a hydrogeologist at Ohio Drilling who has…
Source: crestonvillage.org
Sewers
Sanitary
Run by the village's combined Water & Sewer Department, headed by Jason Flory (Department Head and Village Administrator) with Marcus Allen as Water/Sewer Supervisor. The department maintains water distribution lines, sewer collection systems, hydrants, valves and pumps. Wastewater treatment plant description, capacity, receiving stream…
Storm
Not published.
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
- 44217 · Creston51% 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
Creston Village does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
No other system is on record buying water from Creston Village.
Photograph
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
Notable facts: crestonvillage.org, en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org, crestonvillage.org
Water quality: crestonvillage.org
Water pressure: crestonvillage.org, crestonvillage.org
Rates: crestonvillage.org
Sewers: crestonvillage.org, crestonvillage.org
Treatment: crestonvillage.org, crestonvillage.org
Supply stress: crestonvillage.org