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Akron City PWS

Serves Akron, Hudson, Fairlawn and 4 more places, Summit County, OH · 280,000 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Akron City PWS in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • OH7700011
  • KENT
  • OH
  • 280,000 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 44240
EPA system ID OH7700011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Akron City PWS draws water from 3 surface water intakes.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Ohio, August 1997.
  • Record on file since 1985, with 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1,683 lead and 5,490 unknown out of 89,061 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1985

EPA's records for Akron City PWS go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 13 health-based violations (13 resolved) and 43 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 8
1990s 11 21
2000s 1 13
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began April 2015, Resolved.

Show all 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 2003 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1994 Resolved
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
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Ohio regulators issued 3 boil water orders to Akron City PWS between 1989 and 1997. The most recent was a boil water order in August 1997.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 21, 1997 Ohio Boil water order 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform
Jul 2, 1992 Ohio Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Jun 29, 1989 Ohio Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Akron City PWS draws water from 3 surface water intakes. 2 other community water systems and 5 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Akron City PWS.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Akron 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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