Water system
Perrysburg City
EPA ID OH8701803 · Wood County · 27,000 people served · owned by a local government
Perrysburg City buys its water from Toledo City Of.
The system's record
- Water bodies
- Lake Erie
- Raw intakes
- Toledo Lake Erie
- Serves
- 360,000 people · Lucas County
- EPA ID
- OH4801411
About this area's water
Did you know
- Perrysburg has no water plant at all: every drop is bought already treated from Toledo's Collins Park plant, which Toledo calls the largest water softening plant on Lake Erie.
- The city's 156 miles of main range from 1.5 inches to 30 inches across, and the 4-inch lines under some of the oldest streets are the ones now queued for replacement.
- Perrysburg's backup connection to the Northwestern Water and Sewer District is so rarely needed that the city's own report says it gets used about zero days a year.
- Water is expensive here by Ohio standards: Ohio EPA put the average Perrysburg residential water bill at $648 a year against a state average of $481.
- Both of Perrysburg's 2025 drinking water violations were paperwork — late lead notifications — not contamination.
History6
- 1813Construction of Fort Meigs begins on the Maumee River in February under General William Henry Harrison, decades before any piped water system (secondary source: Wikipedia, cited).
- 1816Perrysburg is surveyed and platted by a federal survey team (secondary source: Wikipedia, cited).
- 1854A cholera epidemic devastates the town, with more than 100 deaths and a roughly two-month shutdown (secondary source: Wikipedia, cited).
- 1859The railroad reaches Perrysburg with the completion of the Dayton and Michigan Railroad (secondary source: Wikipedia, cited).
- 1991Perrysburg's Water Pollution Control division begins EPA-mandated sewer separation projects, installing storm sewers separate from the sanitary system.
- 2014Toledo, Perrysburg's sole wholesale water supplier, issues a do-not-drink advisory from the evening of August 1 until late on August 4 after a toxic blue-green algae bloom forms directly over its…
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Perrysburg treats none of its own water. It buys finished water through an interconnection and wholesale supply contract with the City of Toledo, whose Collins Park Water Treatment Plant draws raw water from Lake Erie, filters about 75 million gallons a day, and is described by Toledo as the…
Source: perrysburgoh.govperrysburgoh.govtoledo.oh.gov
Water pressure
Two pressure zones, fed by two supply reservoirs, two booster stations and four distribution tanks (Ohio EPA Limited Environmental Review, August 2026). No psi figures are…
Source: perrysburgoh.gov
What it costs
$14.43 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $58 a month for water.
City 2026 Water and Sewer Rates sheet, updated 2/24/2026: inside the city, water is $32.40 for usage under 300 cubic feet and $107.97 per 1,000 cubic feet above that; at 7,480…
Source: perrysburgoh.govperrysburgoh.gov
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Perrysburg distribution system; range 20.4-69.8 ppb. About 82% of the MCL — the highest-relative reading in this… | 65.9 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Total haloacetic acids (HAA5) Perrysburg distribution system; range 5.0-16.6 ppb. | 13.3 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Total chlorine Perrysburg distribution, EBPS sampling points; range 1.02-1.18 ppm. Toledo's plant effluent measured 1.39 ppm. | 1.10 ppm | MRDL 4 | 2025 |
| Lead (90th percentile) 0 of 30 samples over the action level; below the reporting limit. | <4 ppb | action level 15… | 2025 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 30 samples over the action level. Value as printed in the CCR, whose lead-and-copper table layout is garbled. | 0.015 ppm | action level… | 2025 |
| Fluoride Toledo plant data; range 0.98-1.06 ppm. | 1.00 ppm | 4 | 2025 |
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) Toledo plant data; range below 0.10 to 2.36 ppm. | 1.22 ppm | 10 | 2025 |
| Turbidity Toledo plant data; 100% of 2025 samples were below 0.3 NTU. | 0.23 NTU | treatment… | 2025 |
| Sodium Toledo plant data; range 7.47-20.90 ppm, about 2.8 mg per 8-ounce glass. Reported for people watching dietary sodium. | 11.67 ppm | no MCL | 2025 |
| PFOA Toledo finished water under UCMR 5, reported as 0.0012 ppb. Perrysburg's own distribution samples were below the… | 1.2 ppt | MCL 4.0 ppt | 2025 |
Source: perrysburgoh.gov
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 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
EPA compliance record · Toledo City Of (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
Projects & plans3
Recent and current work
- Sanitary and storm sewer separation program · 1991 · under construction
EPA-mandated separation of storm from sanitary sewers, running since 1991; the city says Water Pollution Control is currently building new facilities to…
Source: perrysburgoh.gov
Planned or needed
- Water Main Replacement Contract 11 · $3.7 million · 2027 · planned
Ohio EPA WSRLA loan FS390748-0011, financed at the September below-market rate of 3.19% on a 20-year term, saving about $592,000 versus market. About 10,532… - Stormwater Utility Program · 2026 · planned
The city is developing a stormwater utility to fund maintenance and improvement of the separated storm system, with a service charge and a credit program for…
Supply stress
Perrysburg has no source of its own, so its exposure is entirely Toledo's Lake Erie intake. Ohio EPA's source water assessment for Toledo finds the supply susceptible to future contamination, listing accidental spills from commercial shipping and recreational boating, river dredging spoil, air deposition, point and nonpoint industrial…
Source: perrysburgoh.govperrysburgoh.gov
Sewers
Sanitary
Perrysburg runs its own 8 million gallon per day wastewater treatment plant; treated flow enters the Maumee River. Household and business wastewater travels to that plant through sanitary lines that have been progressively separated from storm sewers since 1991 under an EPA mandate. Sewer rates inside the city for a single-meter…
Storm
Separated storm sewers collect street and catch-basin runoff and discharge it untreated directly to the Maumee River, so the city's stormwater work is about source control and regulation rather than treatment. With separation largely accomplished, Perrysburg…
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
- 43551 · Perrysburg59% 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
Perrysburg City buys its water from Toledo City Of.
No other system is on record buying water from Perrysburg City.
What the records show about Perrysburg City
Who runs it
EPA's record describes Perrysburg City as owned by a local government. It has 11,000 service connections and serves 27,000 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 419-872-8050.
Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), water system record.
How the water is treated
Perrysburg City buys water that Toledo City Of treats first, so the steps that count are the seller's. EPA's treatment table registers these steps for Toledo City Of: corrosion control, chlorine dioxide, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal, fluoridation, lime softening, ozone, powdered activated carbon, and sand or media filtration.
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's record shows no health-based violations for Perrysburg City since 2015.
EPA logs 1 violation of any kind since 2020: 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
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 Perrysburg City 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.
EPA has 7 sampling periods on file for Perrysburg City since 2016, the first ending in 2017; 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 Perrysburg City sent EPA, 16,638 lines are counted.
| Material | Lines |
|---|---|
| Lead | 52 |
| Galvanized, needing replacement | 9 |
| Unknown material | 9,530 |
| Not lead | 7,047 |
| All lines | 16,638 |
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
EPA's fifth national round of testing (UCMR 5) took 7 samples of the water entering the pipes of Perrysburg City in 2024 to 2025 and measured 29 PFAS. No PFAS was detected, PFOA and PFOS (federal limit 4 ng/L each) among them.
Ohio EPA's own statewide sampling tested 1 plant of Toledo City Of (latest sample August 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 Toledo City Of as sampled, most recently March 2025.
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 Perrysburg City's samples in 2019, the last year it was sampled, was 59.4 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 59.4 µg/L and the highest single sample was 107.6 µg/L, from 128 samples taken from 2012 to 2019.
For HAA5, the average in the last year sampled was 10.8 µg/L. The worst yearly average was 13 µg/L and the highest single sample was 30.1 µg/L, from 128 samples.
| Byproduct | Limit | Latest yearly average | Worst yearly average | Highest sample | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 80 µg/L | 59.4 µg/L (2019) | 59.4 µg/L | 107.6 µg/L | 128 |
| HAA5 | 60 µg/L | 10.8 µg/L | 13 µg/L | 30.1 µg/L | 128 |
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
The water Perrysburg City buys is treated by Toledo City Of, so the results below are Toledo City Of's.
Nitrate: the highest of 97 samples was 4.35 mg/L (as nitrogen) in 2018; in 2019, the last year sampled, the highest was 2.21 mg/L. No sample was over the limit of 10 mg/L. Nitrate above 10 is unsafe for infants.
Arsenic was not detected in 8 samples (limit 10 µg/L).
| Contaminant | Samples | Highest result | Limit | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate (as nitrogen) | 97 | 4.35 mg/L | 10 mg/L | 0 |
| Arsenic | 8 | not detected | 10 µg/L | 0 |
| Combined radium | 1 | not detected | 5 pCi/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 of Toledo City Of.
Solvents and fuels
The water Perrysburg City buys is treated by Toledo City Of, so the results below are Toledo City Of's.
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 8 samples each.
| Compound | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Trichloroethylene (TCE) | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Vinyl chloride | 2 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | 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 of Toledo City Of.
Farm chemicals and metals
The water Perrysburg City buys is treated by Toledo City Of, so the results below are Toledo City Of's.
EPA's file holds results for all nine herbicides and metals it checked. Detected: atrazine in 6 of 26 samples, highest 0.3 µg/L (limit 3); barium in 1 of 8 samples, highest 10 µg/L (limit 2,000). Not detected: alachlor in 26 samples, 2,4-D in 3 samples, chromium in 8 samples, cadmium in 8 samples, mercury in 8 samples, selenium in 8 samples, thallium in 8 samples.
| Substance | Kind | Limit | Samples | Detected in | Highest result | Samples over limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrazine | Farm chemical | 3 µg/L | 26 | 6 of 26 | 0.3 µg/L | 0 |
| Alachlor | Farm chemical | 2 µg/L | 26 | 0 of 26 | not detected | 0 |
| 2,4-D | Farm chemical | 70 µg/L | 3 | 0 of 3 | not detected | 0 |
| Chromium | Metal | 100 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Cadmium | Metal | 5 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Barium | Metal | 2,000 µg/L | 8 | 1 of 8 | 10 µg/L | 0 |
| Mercury | Metal | 2 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Selenium | Metal | 50 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | not detected | 0 |
| Thallium | Metal | 2 µg/L | 8 | 0 of 8 | 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 of Toledo City Of.
Bacteria in the pipes
From 2012 to 2019, 5 of 3,334 routine total coliform samples taken in the distribution system at Perrysburg City tested positive (0.15%); in 2019, the last year on file, 0 of 424 did. E. coli was found in 1 of 5 samples tested for it.
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 Perrysburg City buys its water from Toledo City Of, a system that adjusts the fluoride level to the recommended level for preventing tooth decay.
EPA's treatment table lists fluoridation among the steps at Toledo City Of, which treats the water Perrysburg City buys.
Measured fluoride: 0.85 mg/L on average leaving the plants of Toledo City Of, which supplies Perrysburg City, in 2019 (in the range dentists aim for); samples ran from 0.85 to 1.08 mg/L across 8 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.
Lithium
Lithium was not detected in 4 UCMR 5 samples at Perrysburg City, last sampled in 2025 (the method reports from 9 µg/L).
Lithium is not regulated. EPA's draft health reference level is 10 µg/L, and it occurs naturally in deep groundwater, so well systems in the northwest run highest.
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026), samples from 2023 to 2025.
Algal toxins
The water Perrysburg City buys is treated by Toledo City Of, so the results below are Toledo City Of's.
Ohio EPA tests for microcystin, a toxin that harmful algal blooms can release, in raw water at the intake and in treated water.
At the intake, microcystin was detected 95 times in 464 raw-water samples, across 11 bloom seasons (2016 to 2026); the highest raw-water result was 9.91 µg/L on July 30, 2019. The highest raw-water result since 2024 was 4.78 µg/L.
Microcystin was never detected in treated water (433 samples).
In all, 897 samples from 2016 to 2026, the latest on August 25, 2026.
| Water | Samples | Detections | Highest result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw water, at the intake | 464 | 95 | 9.91 µg/L |
| Treated water | 433 | 0 | not detected |
The ten-day advisory levels for treated water are 0.3 µg/L for children under six and 1.6 µg/L for everyone else. Any detection at the intake triggers more frequent testing until two clean weeks.
Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring, 2016 to present (HAB data, fetched September 2026).
How well the service area is mapped
The service area drawn on the map for Perrysburg City comes from the utility's own map.
Counting the people who live in the ZIP codes it overlaps, this atlas estimates 25,569 residents are inside the boundary, 95% of the 27,000 people Perrysburg City 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.
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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
EPA's own record for this system: Enforcement and Compliance History report for OH8701803 (EPA ECHO).
Perrysburg City's own pages: toledo.oh.gov
Notable facts: toledo.oh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov
History: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov
Water quality: perrysburgoh.gov
Planned work: perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov
Water pressure: perrysburgoh.gov
Capital projects: perrysburgoh.gov
Rates: perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov
Sewers: perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov
Treatment: perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov, toledo.oh.gov
Supply stress: perrysburgoh.gov, perrysburgoh.gov
