Public water system record
Barnesville
Serves Barnesville, Belmont County, OH · 6,500 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Barnesville in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Barnesville draws water from 3 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, October 1993.
- Record on file since 1985, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 33 lead and 1,470 unknown out of 2,540 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Jul 2, 2025 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Dec 5, 2018 | Active |
Full record since 1985
EPA's records for Barnesville go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 22 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 14 |
| 1990s | 2 | 5 |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began June 2008, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Ohio regulators and EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Barnesville in 1993. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 1993.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 1993 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Oct 27, 1993 | Ohio | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Barnesville draws water from 3 surface water intakes. 2 other community water systems buy water from Barnesville. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Barnesville.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Quaker City Quaker City, OH
- Switzerland of Ohio Water Jerusalem, OH
Annual water quality report
Barnesville must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Ohio.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells