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Medina Co/Northwest PWS

Serves an area of Medina County, OH that includes Medina and Valley City · 46,324 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Medina Co/Northwest PWS in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • OH5201903
  • MEDINA
  • OH
  • 46,324 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 44258
EPA system ID OH5201903

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Medina Co/Northwest PWS buys its water from Rural Lorain Co. Water A.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 17,455 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Dec 7, 2022 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jan 13, 2021 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 21, 2020 Active
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Medina Co/Northwest PWS go back to 1994. 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
1990s 1 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began September 1994, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1994 Resolved

Where the water comes from

Medina Co/Northwest PWS buys its water from Rural Lorain Co. Water A. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Medina Co/Northwest PWS.

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Annual water quality report

Medina Co/Northwest 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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