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Bethesda Public Water System

Serves Bethesda, Belmont County, OH · 1,382 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Bethesda Public Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • OH0700511
  • BETHESDA
  • OH
  • 1,382 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 43719
EPA system ID OH0700511

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
9

Key facts

  • Bethesda Public Water System buys its water from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 PWS.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 592 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 21, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Aug 23, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jan 5, 2023 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 28, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jan 13, 2021 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jan 10, 2020 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Nov 6, 2018 Active

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Bethesda Public Water System go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 0
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 8

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began November 1993, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1993 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1993 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1993 Resolved

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Bethesda Public Water System buys its water from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 PWS. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Barnesville.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Bethesda Public Water System 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

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