Water system
Aqua Pennsylvania - Shenango Valley (Sharon, PA)
EPA ID PA6430054 · Pennsylvania · 48,000 people served
Aqua Pennsylvania - Shenango Valley (Sharon, PA) treats its own water from Shenango River / Shenango River Lake (Pymatuning area) surface intake.
The system's record
- Water bodies
- Shenango River, Shenango River Lake
- Raw intakes
- Shenango River
- Serves
- 48,000 people · Pennsylvania
- EPA ID
- PA6430054
Aqua PA's Shenango Valley WTP in Sharon, PA draws raw water from the Shenango River, whose flow is regulated by the Shenango River Lake reservoir (near Pymatuning); this system is outside Ohio (serves NW Pennsylvania and reportedly some Ohio border customers), so PWSID prefix is PA not OH.
About this area's water
Did you know
- This is one of the rare entries in an Ohio tap water dataset that is not an Ohio utility — it is an Aqua Pennsylvania system (PA PWSID prefix) whose Sharon plant serves more than 50,000 residents across the Shenango…
- Shenango River Lake, the Corps of Engineers flood-control reservoir upstream of the plant, literally straddles the state line, sitting in both Mercer County, Pa. and Trumbull County, Ohio.
- The 2026 upgrade added a 700,000-gallon raw water basin — a buffer of stored untreated water that lets the plant ride out swings in river quality instead of treating whatever the river delivers that day.
History3
- 1938The Flood Control Acts of 1938 authorized Shenango River Lake, the Corps of Engineers reservoir on the river upstream of this plant.
- 1965The US Army Corps of Engineers completed the Shenango River Lake dam for flood control; the 3,560-acre lake straddles Mercer County, Pa. and Trumbull County, Ohio.
- 2026Aqua Pennsylvania celebrated completion of a nearly $35 million improvement project at the Shenango Valley Water Treatment Plant on May 21, 2026.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Surface water treatment at the Shenango Valley Water Treatment Plant in Sharon, Pa., serving more than 50,000 residents in the Shenango Valley and eastern Ohio. The recent upgrade added a 700,000-gallon raw water basin and modernized electrical systems and controls, which Aqua says enhances…
Water pressure
Not published in sources reviewed.
What it costs
Typical household bill about $91 a month for water.
Pa. PUC approved $73 million in additional annual revenue for Aqua PA (about 42% below the $126.7 million requested) in Feb. 2025: $48M water, $25M wastewater. Residential water…
Projects & plans1
Recent and current work
- Shenango Valley Water Treatment Plant improvement project · $35 million · 2026 · completed
Nearly $35 million: new 700,000-gallon raw water basin plus modernized electrical systems and controls. Completion celebrated May 21, 2026.
Supply stress
The plant relies on a surface intake on the Shenango River below the Corps of Engineers' Shenango River Lake, so it is exposed to the seasonal flow and quality swings of a river source. Aqua built the new 700,000-gallon raw water basin specifically to improve the plant's ability to handle naturally changing source water conditions. No…
Sewers
Sanitary
Not covered by sources reviewed. This PWSID is a water-only Aqua Pennsylvania system; sanitary sewer service in Sharon, Pa. is provided separately.
Storm
Not covered by sources reviewed.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources. Little is published about this system, so details are thin.
Present in 0 ZIP codes
Serves
No ZIP code has Aqua Pennsylvania - Shenango Valley (Sharon, PA) on record as its main water supplier.
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
Aqua Pennsylvania - Shenango Valley (Sharon, PA) does not buy water from another system on record; it treats its own source water.
1 system on record buys water from Aqua Pennsylvania - Shenango Valley (Sharon, PA): Aqua Ohio - Masury.
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On the map
Show this system's territory on the map — 0 ZIP codes 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
Aqua Pennsylvania - Shenango Valley (Sharon, PA)'s own pages: aquawater.com, en.wikipedia.org