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Stow Public Water System

Serves Stow, Summit County, OH · 35,437 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Stow Public Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • OH7704503
  • STOW
  • OH
  • 35,437 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 44224
EPA system ID OH7704503

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

Key facts

  • Stow Public Water System buys its water from Akron City PWS.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Ohio, September 1987.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 15,497 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

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
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 18, 2021 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Nov 6, 2018 Active

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Stow Public Water System go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 0
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2015, Archived.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2015 Archived

Enforcement actions

Ohio regulators issued 1 boil water order to Stow Public Water System in 1987. The most recent was a boil water order in September 1987.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 30, 1987 Ohio Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Stow Public Water System buys its water from Akron City PWS. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Stow Public Water System 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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