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Portsmouth City

Serves Portsmouth, Wheelersburg, Rosemount and 5 more places, Scioto County, OH · 40,475 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Portsmouth City in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • OH7300111
  • PORTSMOUTH
  • OH
  • 40,475 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 45662
EPA system ID OH7300111

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Portsmouth City draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 9,942 unknown out of 14,243 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
 Aug 17, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 27, 2021 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Feb 11, 2020 Active

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Portsmouth City go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 0
2020s 0 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began October 2002, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved

Where the water comes from

Portsmouth City draws water from 1 surface water intake. 12 other community water systems buy water from Portsmouth City. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Portsmouth City.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Portsmouth City 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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