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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS OH3736411

Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park

Operator location Columbus, Ohio - 23% of 154 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,559 served per SDWIS.

2,559
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
154
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
36
Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park standing, high SDWIS violation third

23% of 154 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 23% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,707 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (154), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,559 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 23% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#11,707 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#374 of 931
Population · OH
154
Total EPA violations on record
23%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

F
Water Safety Score
5/100
Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
36
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
118
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
State
Connections
114
County
Hocking
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
112
Treatment Tech Violations
32

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 20 1995
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 20 2003
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 12 2016
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 1997
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 2016
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2016
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 2016
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2016
Vinyl chloride MR 4 2016
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 4 2016
Trichloroethylene MR 4 2016
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 2016
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 2016
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 2016
Toluene MR 4 2016
Benzene MR 4 2016
Coliform (TCR) MR 4 1993
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2016
Ethylbenzene MR 4 2016
Xylenes, Total MR 4 2016
Styrene MR 4 2016
Nitrate MR 4 1997
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2016
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 2016
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2016
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 2016
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 2016

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park has 154 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 23% of this system's own violations are health-based (36 of 154), and it ranks #11,707 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

154 Higher than most more violations than 81% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park-154, 23%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park

36 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OH3736411.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters

Nationwide peers

154 violations · 2,559 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Odnr-Hocking Hills State Park

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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