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Piketon Village PWS

What EPA’s and Ohio’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
2,181 people
Connections
723
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Piketon, OH
County
Pike
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

45661

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2008 to 2025. Copper at 178 mg/L (2005) and copper at 237 mg/L (2004) are left out of this report: they are among the results Ohio sent EPA in 2006, all at µg/L magnitudes though EPA’s file marks them mg/L.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride and chromium (total): Ohio’s own results, samples taken from Sept. 24, 2020 to Dec. 4, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

81.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025 average: 14.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 81.4 ppb, in 2024, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 88.3 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 14.7 ppb. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 32.5 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Above the health goal2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

0.9ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 0.9 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.6 ppb, in 2025: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

9.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025 average: 0.45 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 9.0 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 18 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its eight samples averaged 0.45 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 3.3 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 8 of 8

2025, one sample: 1.1 ppm

The highest sample, in 2025, was 1.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 1.1 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 1.5 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.14ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.14 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction; Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 11 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride and chromium (total) results here are Ohio’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Piketon Village PWS’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Ohio’s results run from Sept. 24, 2020 to Dec. 4, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Piketon Village PWS’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Ohio certifies.

The 3 labs Ohio certifies closest to the area Piketon Village PWS serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Superior Laboratories

    Galloway, OH · about 62 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (614) 870-6826

  • Ohio Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection Laboratory

    Reynoldsburg, OH · about 65 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (614) 728-6230

  • Greene County Sanitary Engineering Laboratory

    Beavercreek, OH · about 68 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (937) 562-7450

All 76 certified labs for Ohio

Sources

PWSID OH6600712. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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