Community Water System · PWS OH6400912
Northern Perry Co.water #1
Operator location New Lexington, Ohio - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 141 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,706 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,706
- People served (this PWS)
- 141
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 14
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Northern Perry Co.water #1 standing, high SDWIS violation third
141 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,861 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Northern Perry Co.water #1 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (141), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,706 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,861 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #468 of 931
- Population · OH
- 141
- Total EPA violations on record
- 10%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 711
- County
- Perry
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 117
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 10
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 27 | 1998 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 12 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 11 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 8 | 2018 |
| Cadmium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Chromium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Fluoride | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Selenium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Barium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Mercury | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Arsenic | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 1995 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 1997 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2023 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 1993 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1986 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Northern Perry Co.water #1 has 141 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 141), and it ranks #14,861 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)
141 Higher than most more violations than 80% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Northern Perry Co.water #1
141 violations on record for OH6400912; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters
Nationwide peers
141 violations · 1,706 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Northern Perry Co.water #1
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