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Medina City PWS

Serves Medina, Medina County, OH · 25,956 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Medina City PWS in the last ten years.

  • OH5200514
  • MEDINA
  • OH
  • 25,956 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 44256
EPA system ID OH5200514

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

Key facts

  • Medina City PWS buys its water from Avon Lake City PWS.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Ohio, May 1994.
  • Record on file since 1984, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 50 unknown out of 8,119 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1984

EPA's records for Medina City PWS go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (5 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 1 0
1990s 5 3
2000s 0 7

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began March 1994, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1994 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
 Dec 1, 1993 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1984 Archived

Enforcement actions

Ohio regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Medina City PWS in 1994. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 1994.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 6, 1994 Ohio Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Medina City PWS buys its water from Avon Lake City PWS. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Medina 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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