How many water violations are in Wayne County?

Wayne County has 10,471 total drinking water violations across 177 water systems, of which 1,657 are health-based violations. 84.7% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Wayne County systems?

Water systems in Wayne County serve approximately 85,031 people through 177 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Wayne County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 1 of 3 tested systems in Wayne County had at least one PFAS detection (33.3% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 177 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Wayne County?

Water systems in Wayne County use GW (177 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 15.8% of Wayne County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Wayne County in the middle health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Wayne County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #650 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 88 counties in Ohio. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Wayne County, Ohio

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OH169 · Wayne County 177 sys · 10,471 viol · #650/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 84.7% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 15.8% health
RANK-TOP #650/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 100%
SYS-LARGE 177 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hocking County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #650 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 88 counties in Ohio. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wayne County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 84.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 15.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #650 of 3,254 · #27 of 88 in Ohio.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Wooster City PWS	26,618	28	Detected
Orrville City PWS	8,452	40	Clean
Rittman City PWS	6,491	87	Clean
Doylestown Village PWS	3,051	24	-
Creston Village	2,171	230	-
Dalton Village PWS	2,000	25	-
Northwestern Local Schools PWS	1,540	101	-
Shreve Village PWS	1,514	122	-
West Salem Village PWS	1,410	92	-
Smithville Village PWS	1,232	43	-
Apple Creek Village PWS	1,190	98	-
Bellstores #1159 PWS	1,160	0	-
McDonalds Restaurant - Wooster	1,042	600	-
Bell Stores South Marathon	1,016	24	-
Lehman's Hardware / Hrm Enterprises	910	176	-
Triway K-12 School	820	18	-
Marshallville Village PWS	756	64	-
Gerbers Poultry, Inc.	546	5	-
Odot / Rest Area 3-35	500	4	-
Odot / Rest Area 3-36	500	0	-
Smithville Western Limited	480	29	-
Speedway #1052	475	0	-
Lake Wapusun North Well PWS	453	41	-
Lake Wapusun South Well PWS	453	20	-
Westview MHP	450	97	-
Giant Oil #450	450	147	-
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church & Preschool	429	59	-
Mount Eaton Village PWS	425	62	-
Fredericksburg Village PWS	420	13	-
Kidron Mennonite Church	400	26	-
Crossroads Community Church PWS	400	11	-
Green Leaf Restaurant PWS	400	12	-
Church of the Saviour	385	70	-
Smithville Apostolic Christian Church Pw	375	0	-
Mennonite Christian Assembly	350	0	-
Kidron Town and Country Store	330	117	-
Oak Park Estates LLC	300	37	-
Central Christian High School	300	18	-
Kingsway Christian School PWS	270	20	-
Rock of Ages School and Church	247	104	-
Caskeys Inc	240	92	-
Oak Grove Mennonite Church and Preschool	232	37	-
Wayne County Care Center	225	48	-
Dollar General #22742 - Fredericksburg	223	0	-
Lincoln Terrace Estates	222	52	-
County Line Campus of Grace Church	220	51	-
Wayne Lanes	220	34	-
Dollar General 23922 Apple Creek	220	0	-
Dollar General #21662 - Wooster	212	0	-
Chippewa Golf Corp	200	136	-

Compare beyond Ohio

Lower-flagged peers for Wayne County

Cross-state counties nearest Wayne County on flagged-system share (84.7%) and cumulative violation count (10,471). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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