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Bucyrus City

Serves Bucyrus, Crawford County, OH · 12,570 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Bucyrus City in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • OH1700011
  • BUCYRUS
  • OH
  • 12,570 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 44820
EPA system ID OH1700011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Bucyrus City draws water from 3 surface water intakes and 2 reservoirs.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 19 lead and 3,997 unknown out of 5,543 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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved Yes
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 May 1, 2017 Resolved Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Jul 2, 2025 Active
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Turbidity
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Bucyrus City go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

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

What the violations mean

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

2 incidents

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

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

Bucyrus City draws water from 3 surface water intakes and 2 reservoirs. 1 other community water system buys water from Bucyrus City.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Bucyrus City 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.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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