Public water system · OH5439012

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Buoys Bar & Grill

At a glance

Buoys Bar & Grill (PWSID OH5439012) is an active transient non-community water system in Mercer County, Ohio. It reports serving 116 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

116

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOH5439012

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served116

Service connections3

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyOH state drinking water program

City served—

StateOhio

ZIP—

CountyMercer County

How does Buoys Bar & Grill compare with other water systems in Mercer County?

By EPA's size categories, Buoys Bar & Grill is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Mercer County has 77 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 397 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 30,601 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Ohio, the 3,854 active systems average 2,767 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Buoys Bar & Grill is about 19% below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Ohio has 2,282 active transient non-community water systems, 59% of the state's 3,854 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 3,446 Ohio systems (89%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Buoys Bar & Grill?

EPA lists Buoys Bar & Grill as privately owned. The OH state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 69 of the 77 active systems in Mercer County (90%) are also privately owned.

Does Buoys Bar & Grill have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. The violations listed here began between January 2025 and March 2026. By type: 6 monitoring, 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved, 2 as archived and 1 as unaddressed. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2026-03-21	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2026-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2026-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-12-22	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-12-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-10-20	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-07-26	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-01-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Buoys Bar & Grill: frequently asked questions

Who runs Buoys Bar & Grill?

Buoys Bar & Grill (PWSID OH5439012) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OH state drinking water program.

How many people does Buoys Bar & Grill serve?

Buoys Bar & Grill reports serving 116 people through 3 service connections in Mercer County, Ohio.

Where does Buoys Bar & Grill get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Buoys Bar & Grill have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Buoys Bar & Grill's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Buoys Bar & Grill's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Buoys Bar & Grill is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Mercer County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Celina, City of	Mercer	11,682	Community	Surface water
Coldwater Village	Mercer	4,774	Community	Groundwater
St Henry Village	Mercer	2,596	Community	Groundwater
Ft Recovery Village	Mercer	1,501	Community	Groundwater
Rockford Village	Mercer	1,120	Community	Groundwater
Mendon Village	Mercer	628	Community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Buoys Bar & Grill, PWSID OH5439012, Ohio”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/ohio/buoys-bar-grill-oh5439012 (data as of October 1, 2026).