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Newark City PWS

Serves Newark, Licking County, OH · 49,934 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Newark City PWS in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • OH4502314
  • NEWARK
  • OH
  • 49,934 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 43055
EPA system ID OH4502314

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Newark City PWS draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 5 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 2,789 unknown out of 19,046 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
 Dec 30, 2019 Active

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Newark City PWS go back to 1993. Before October 20, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 5 0
2000s 0 20
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began May 1995, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1995 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1993 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1993 Resolved

Where the water comes from

Newark City PWS draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to City of Heath PWS. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Newark City PWS.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Newark 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.

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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Testing your own water

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