Water system
West Unity Village
EPA ID OH8601812 · Williams County · 1,760 people served · owned by a local government
West Unity Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (3 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 3
- Serves
- 1,760 people · Williams County
- EPA ID
- OH8601812
About this area's water
Did you know
- West Unity was platted in 1842 and incorporated in 1866, in Williams County in Ohio's far northwest corner.
- Its 2020 population of 1,763 was up about 5.5% from 1,671 in 2010, a rare growth story for a small rural Ohio village.
- The local school district, Millcreek-West Unity, calls its shared K-12 campus with Alvordton 'Hilltop' despite the village sitting at a modest 797 feet elevation on flat farmland.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
History2
- 1842Village platted and its post office opened.
- 1866West Unity formally incorporated as a village in Williams County.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Per the village's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report: water is drawn from 3 groundwater wells located at the treatment plant, supplied by a sole-source aquifer. It is treated by filtration (iron removal) and disinfected with liquid chlorine, and softened by salt softening. Two elevated overhead…
Source: drive.google.com
Water pressure
No numeric pressure (psi) figure is published; the distribution system is pressurized via two elevated overhead storage tanks (2025 CCR).
Source: drive.google.com
What it costs
No current rate schedule is published online (the village's utilities page lists only fees like a $50 shutoff/reconnect charge). A 2017 Bryan Times article (found via search…
Source: bryantimes.comsites.google.com
Water quality & impurities8
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride Erosion of natural deposits / water additive; no violation. | 1.03 mg/L | 4 (MCL/MCLG) | 2025 |
| Barium Discharge of drilling wastes; no violation. | 0.0248 mg/L | 2.0 | 2025 |
| Copper Corrosion of household plumbing / erosion of natural deposits; no violation. | 0.122 (range… mg/L | 1.3 (action… | 2025 |
| Lead 0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level; corrosion of household plumbing / erosion of natural deposits. | 1.8 (range… µg/L | 15 (action… | 2025 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) By-product of drinking-water chlorination; no violation. | 64.8 (range… µg/L | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) By-product of drinking-water chlorination; no violation. | 10.0 (range… µg/L | 60 | 2025 |
| Ethylbenzene Trace detection; no violation. | 0.0001 mg/L | 0.7 | 2025 |
| Total Chlorine (running average) Disinfectant residual; no violation. | 0.75 (range… mg/L | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
Source: drive.google.comdata.epa.gov
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.8 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
3 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 3 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).
Projects & plans4
Recent and current work
- Water treatment plant electronics/software upgrade · $39,725 · 2025 · planned
Replacing aging electronics at the 17-year-old plant; roughly six-month installation timeline (Feb. 2025 council coverage). - Water softener service/replacement · 2025 · planned
Softeners underperforming; resin was to be tested to decide between ~$16,000 cleaning or ~$90,000 replacement (put out to bid). - North Main Street water line replacement · 2025 · planned
Intended to end recurrent water-main breaks on N. Main St. (a break occurred there Feb. 4, 2025); follows a completed 2024 water-line and road repair on…
Source: thevillagereporter.com
Planned or needed
- South Liberty wastewater pump station replacement · 2025 · planned
A grant application was planned per Feb. 2025 council coverage; the village's wastewater treatment plant is located at 317 South Liberty Street.
Source: thevillagereporter.com
Supply stress
Ohio EPA rates the aquifer supplying West Unity's well field as LOW susceptibility to contamination: a confining layer of glacial till over 60 feet thick overlies the sand-and-gravel aquifer, depth to water exceeds 30 feet, and water-quality results show no impact to date (2025 CCR). The village reports no lead service lines anywhere in…
Source: drive.google.com
Sewers
Sanitary
The village operates its own wastewater treatment plant at 317 South Liberty Street; a grant application to replace the South Liberty pump station was planned as of Feb. 2025.
Storm
Not confirmed — no source located describing West Unity's stormwater system or flooding history.
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
- 43570 · West Unity56% 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
West Unity 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 West Unity Village.
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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: en.wikipedia.org
History: en.wikipedia.org
Water quality: drive.google.com, data.epa.gov
Planned work: thevillagereporter.com
Water pressure: drive.google.com
Capital projects: thevillagereporter.com
Rates: bryantimes.com, sites.google.com
Sewers: drive.google.com, thevillagereporter.com
Treatment: drive.google.com
Supply stress: drive.google.com