Public water system record
Elyria Water Department
Serves Elyria, Lorain County, OH · 68,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Elyria Water Department in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Elyria Water Department draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Ohio, July 2015.
- Record on file since 1997, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 403 lead and 4,118 unknown out of 19,874 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2023 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Full record since 1997
EPA's records for Elyria Water Department go back to 1997. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (4 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began July 2015, Archived.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2015 | Archived |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2003 | Archived |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1997 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Ohio regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Elyria Water Department and issued 1 boil water order between 1998 and 2015. The most recent was a boil water order in July 2015.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2015 | Ohio | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 1, 1998 | Ohio | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Elyria Water Department draws water from 1 surface water intake. 3 other community water systems buy water from Elyria Water Department.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Amherst City PWS Amherst, OH
- North Ridgeville City PWS North Ridgeville, OH
- Northern Ohio Rural Water Norwalk, OH
Annual water quality report
Elyria Water Department 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.
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