Community Water System · PWS OH8000412
Richwood Village PWS
Operator location Richwood, Ohio - 6% of 52 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,316 served per SDWIS.
- 2,316
- People served (this PWS)
- 52
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Richwood Village PWS standing, mid SDWIS violation third
6% of 52 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,511 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Richwood Village PWS lands in the middle third by violation volume (52), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,316 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,511 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #404 of 931
- Population · OH
- 52
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- 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
- 866
- County
- Union
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 37
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2007 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 9 | 2025 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 8 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2002 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 3 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Richwood Village PWS has 52 recorded EPA violations, 57% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 42% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 52), and it ranks #12,511 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)
52 Around the middle fewer violations than 42% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Richwood Village PWS
3 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for OH8000412.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters
Nationwide peers
52 violations · 2,316 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 Richwood Village 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
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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.