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Reading City PWS

Serves Reading, Hamilton County, OH · 9,506 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Reading City PWS in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • OH3101812
  • READING
  • OH
  • 9,506 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 45215
EPA system ID OH3101812

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
8

Key facts

  • Reading City PWS buys its water from Cincinnati Public Water System.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Ohio, September 1996.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 259 lead and 961 unknown out of 3,615 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.

None since October 2016.

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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Dec 13, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jan 25, 2024 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jan 10, 2020 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jan 23, 2019 Active

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Reading City PWS go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 12
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 7

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began September 1996, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1996 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1996 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Ohio regulators issued 1 boil water order to Reading City PWS in 1996. The most recent was a boil water order in September 1996.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 12, 1996 Ohio Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Reading City PWS buys its water from Cincinnati Public Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Reading City PWS 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.

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