BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS: EPA violation history, explained
BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,243 people through 1,731 service connections.
How this compares nationally
27 total violations and 15 health-based ones put BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS at the 90th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,247 of 12,903.
How BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS compares within OH
Among the 394 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS's 15 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS is from 2017-01-10 (health-based: 2015-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 15 health-based violations on file for BLANCHESTER VILLAGE PWS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.