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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS OH4536412

Houston Plumbing PWS

Operator location Newark, Ohio - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 73 people served; 205 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

73
People served (this PWS)
205
EPA violations (this PWS)
24
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Houston Plumbing PWS standing, high SDWIS violation third

73 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Houston Plumbing PWS sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (205), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (73; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

205
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
73
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
4
County
Licking
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
24
Monitoring Violations
180
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 13 1999
Coliform (TCR) MCL 12 2012
Arsenic MCL 12 2015
Lead and Copper Rule MR 8 2010
Xylenes, Total MR 7 2002
CHLOROBENZENE MR 7 2002
Benzene MR 7 2002
Vinyl chloride MR 7 2002
Ethylbenzene MR 7 2002
Trichloroethylene MR 7 2002
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 7 2002
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 7 2002
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 7 2002
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 7 2002
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 7 2002
Toluene MR 7 2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 7 2002
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 7 2002
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 7 2002
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 7 2002
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 7 2002
Styrene MR 7 2002
Tetrachloroethylene MR 7 2002
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 7 2002
Carbon tetrachloride MR 7 2002
Simazine MR 3 2002
Atrazine MR 3 2002
Nitrate MR 3 2000
LASSO MR 3 2002
Public Notice Other 1 2015

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Houston Plumbing PWS has 205 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (24 of 205), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

205 Higher than most more violations than 86% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Houston Plumbing PWS

EPA SDWIS lists 73 people served and 4 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

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

Nationwide peers

205 violations · 73 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

What to do with Houston Plumbing PWS

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

  • See how every tracked system in Ohio compares on the same EPA violation measures. Ohio systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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