Water system
Bradner Village
EPA ID OH8700412 · Wood County · 985 people served · owned by a local government
Bradner Village treats its own water from Groundwater wells (5 wells).
The system's record
- Active wells
- 5
- Serves
- 985 people · Wood County
- EPA ID
- OH8700412
About this area's water
Did you know
- Bradner's aquifer sits in a documented Ohio karst region — confirmed via the 2024 CCR's own source water assessment language.
- Three of the village's original wells, once located at the municipal 'Light Plant,' were retired and plugged in June 2016 in favor of the current five-well field behind the water tower — confirmed via the 2024 CCR.
- In the 2020 statewide PFAS initiative, all six PFAS compounds tested for in Bradner's finished water came back non-detect — confirmed via the 2024 CCR.
- The Village of Bradner held a current, unconditioned license to operate its water system in 2024, per the CCR.
Source: bradnerohio.org
History5
- 1875Village platted by John Bradner, its namesake (confirmed via Wikipedia).
- 1876Post office opened (confirmed via Wikipedia).
- 1889Village of Bradner incorporated (confirmed via Wikipedia).
- 2016Old wells 1, 2 and 3 at the municipal 'Light Plant' were abandoned and plugged in June 2016; supply consolidated to wells 4-8 at the Caldwell Rd. water tower site — confirmed verbatim in the 2024 CCR.
- 2018Village developed an Ohio EPA-endorsed source water protection management plan (dated September 2018) after its wellfield was rated 'high susceptibility to contamination' — confirmed verbatim in the…
Source: en.wikipedia.orgbradnerohio.org
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Groundwater from five wells (4-8) at the Caldwell Rd. tower site (wells 1-3 at the old 'Light Plant' were abandoned/plugged in 2016). The 2024 CCR shows only chlorination for disinfection (residual chlorine 1.04 ppm, range 0.55-1.26 ppm, MRDL 4 ppm, 2024) with no filtration step described —…
Source: bradnerohio.org
Water pressure
Not published — no psi figure found in the CCR, rate sheet, or village site.
What it costs
$8.80 per 1,000 gallons
Confirmed via the village's own 2025 rate sheet: $8.80/1,000 gal in-town ($13.15 out-of-town), per Ordinance 11 (2021); water base service charge $23.50/mo + $0.65/mo hydrant fee…
Source: bradnerohio.orgbradnerohio.org
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate From fertilizer runoff/natural deposits; well below MCL, no violation. Confirmed via 2024 CCR. | 2.12 ppm | 10 | 2024 |
| Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Disinfection byproduct; range 23.7-27.2, no violation. Confirmed via 2024 CCR. | 27.2 ppb | 80 | 2024 |
| Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Disinfection byproduct; range 6.1-7.6, no violation. Confirmed via 2024 CCR. | 7.6 ppb | 60 | 2024 |
| Fluoride Natural erosion of deposits; no violation. Confirmed via 2024 CCR. | 0.152 ppm | 4 | 2022 |
| Barium Discharge of drilling wastes / erosion of natural deposits; no violation. Confirmed via 2024 CCR. | 0.085 ppm | 2 | 2022 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. Confirmed via 2024 CCR. | 0.28 ppm | 1.3 AL | 2022 |
| Total Coliform Bacteria Listed as no violation (N) in the 2024 CCR. | 1 positive… presence/a… | 1 positive =… | 2022 |
| Nickel Present in the 2024 CCR's inorganic contaminants table but omitted from the prior draft; no MCLG/MCL shown in the… | 13 ppb | none listed | 2022 |
| Xylenes Volatile organic contaminant; range 0-0.0006, no violation. Present in the 2024 CCR but omitted from the prior draft.… | 0.0006 ppm | 10 | 2024 |
| Total Chlorine (residual) Water additive used to control microbes; range 0.55-1.26, no violation. Present in the 2024 CCR but omitted from the… | 1.04 ppm | 4 MRDL | 2024 |
Source: bradnerohio.org
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 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).
Projects & plans3
Recent and current work
- Timmons Rd. waterline upgrade (Caldwell Rd. to dead end) · $504,000 · 2024 · proposed
Listed verbatim in the 2024 CCR as a future waterline investment ('will be applying for grants in 2021 and 2022'); this language appears to be unchanged… - Spring St. waterline upgrade (Church St. to Crocker St.) · $132,000 · 2024 · proposed
Listed verbatim in the 2024 CCR alongside the Timmons Rd. project; same caveat about boilerplate/unbuilt status applies.
Source: bradnerohio.org
Planned or needed
- Village-wide lead service line inventory · 2024 · completed
2024 CCR states the distribution system has no lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement, or lead-status-unknown service lines, per the required inventory…
Source: bradnerohio.org
Supply stress
Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates Bradner's karst-influenced aquifer 'high susceptibility to contamination' due to a thin (4-10 ft) protective soil layer, shallow depth to water (2-15 ft), and historical presence of manmade contaminants; nitrate is detected but well under the health limit. Confirmed nearly word-for-word against…
Source: bradnerohio.org
Sewers
Sanitary
Village of Bradner operates its own sanitary sewer utility (rates set by Ordinance 25, 2024: $7.72/mo in-town usage + $14.25/mo debt charge, confirmed via the 2025 rate sheet); no treatment plant name, capacity, or receiving stream was found in sources located this session.
Storm
CCR explicitly states sump pumps are barred from the sanitary sewer (must drain to storm tiles) and yard hydrants are restricted per OAC 3745-95-09 unless of a no-weep-hole sanitary style — confirmed verbatim in the 2024 CCR — implying a separate storm…
Source: bradnerohio.orgbradnerohio.org
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
- 43406 · Bradner56% 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
Bradner 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 Bradner 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: bradnerohio.org
History: en.wikipedia.org, bradnerohio.org
Water quality: bradnerohio.org
Planned work: bradnerohio.org
Capital projects: bradnerohio.org
Rates: bradnerohio.org, bradnerohio.org
Sewers: bradnerohio.org, bradnerohio.org
Treatment: bradnerohio.org
Supply stress: bradnerohio.org