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 · did not fix a deficiency the state found · open
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 3 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 1 health-based.
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.
What the records show about Creston Village
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Creston Village as owned by a local government. It has 920 service connections and serves 2,171 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 330-435-6021.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Creston Village: corrosion control, chlorine disinfection, and iron and manganese removal.
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 counts 1 health-based violation for Creston Village since 2015. Health-based means a contaminant above its legal limit or a required treatment step not carried out. It falls into 1 separate problem (one contaminant or rule in one year); the table lists it.
EPA logs 4 violations of any kind since 2020: 3 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 1 health-based.
| Year | Contaminant or rule | Kind | Measured | Limit | Status in EPA's record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ground Water Rule | did not fix a deficiency the state found | not on file | not on file | open |
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 Creston 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.
The highest result on file is 9 ppb, in the period ending December 2022.
EPA has 7 sampling periods on file for Creston Village since 2016, the first ending in 2016; 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 Creston Village sent EPA, 844 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 1 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 0 |
| Unknown material | 1 |
| Not lead | 842 |
| All lines | 844 |
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 Creston Village (latest sample July 2020). Not one of the six PFAS tested (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX and PFBS) was detected.
Ohio EPA's current sampling status map lists 1 plant of Creston Village as sampled, most recently May 2026.
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 Creston Village's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 2.4 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 18.5 µg/L and the highest single sample was 25.8 µg/L, from 14 samples taken from 2013 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 0 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 3.6 µg/L and the highest single sample was 4.9 µg/L, from 14 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 2.4 µg/L (2019) | 18.5 µg/L | 25.8 µg/L | 14 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 0 µg/L | 3.6 µg/L | 4.9 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 was not detected in 8 samples through 2019 (limit 10 mg/L as nitrogen; above 10 is unsafe for infants).
Arsenic: the highest of 33 samples was 5.2 µg/L (limit 10); detections averaged 4.4; none over the limit.
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 8 | not detected | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 33 | 5.2 µg/L | 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 3 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | 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: barium in 3 of 3 samples, highest 47 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: atrazine, alachlor, chromium, cadmium, mercury, selenium, 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 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 3 | 3 of 3 | 47 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 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, 0 of 282 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Creston Village tested positive (0%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 36 did.
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 Creston 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 0.41 mg/L.
EPA's treatment table lists no fluoridation step at Creston Village.
Measured fluoride: 0.48 mg/L on average at the plant's entry points in 2019 (below the 0.7 mg/L target); samples ran from 0.43 to 0.49 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.
How well the service area is mapped
EPA estimated the service area of Creston Village with a computer model rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Counting the people who live in the ZIP codes it overlaps, this atlas estimates 2,127 residents are inside the boundary, 98% of the 2,171 people Creston Village reports serving.
The resident count is an estimate from 2020 Census ZIP-code populations, not a count of customers.
Source: EPA Service Area Boundaries; resident estimate by this atlas from ZIP-code overlap.
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
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH8500312 (EPA ECHO).
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
