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Youngstown City PWS

Serves Youngstown, Austintown and Mineral Ridge, Mahoning County, OH · 130,530 people served

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

  • OH5002303
  • YOUNGSTOWN
  • OH
  • 130,530 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 44501
EPA system ID OH5002303

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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

  • Youngstown City PWS buys its water from Mahoning Valley Sanitary District.
  • Record on file since 2013, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 736 lead and 11,719 unknown out of 51,803 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
 Jan 21, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 2013

EPA's records for Youngstown City PWS go back to 2013. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 2
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2015, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved

Where the water comes from

Youngstown City PWS buys its water from Mahoning Valley Sanitary District. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 4 other community water systems buy water from Youngstown City PWS.

Buys water from

  • Mahoning Valley Sanitary District Youngstown, OH

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Youngstown 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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