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Hillcrest Tavern Inc..

At a glance

Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. (PWSID OH6830812) is an active transient non-community water system in Preble County, Ohio. It reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection. 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 December 2025.

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

Population served

40

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOH6830812
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served40
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyOH state drinking water program
City served—
StateOhio
ZIP—
CountyPreble County

How does Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. compare with other water systems in Preble County?

By EPA's size categories, Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Preble County has 28 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 975 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 27,293 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 Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. is well 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 Hillcrest Tavern Inc..?

EPA lists Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. 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. 15 of the 28 active systems in Preble County (54%) are also privately owned.

Does Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. The violations listed here began between July 2023 and December 2025. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 5 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-12-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoArchived
2025-05-25Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2025-05-25Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2025-03-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-02-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-01-19Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2024-11-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-10-25Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2024-08-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2023-10-08Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2023-07-29Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved

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.

Hillcrest Tavern Inc..: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hillcrest Tavern Inc..?

Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. (PWSID OH6830812) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OH state drinking water program.

How many people does Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. serve?

Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in Preble County, Ohio.

Where does Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. 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 Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. 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 December 2025. 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 Hillcrest Tavern Inc..'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 December 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hillcrest Tavern Inc..'s water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hillcrest Tavern Inc.. 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 Preble County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Eaton Public Water SystemPreble8,400CommunityGroundwater
Lakengren Water AuthorityPreble2,950CommunityGroundwater
Camden, Village ofPreble2,050CommunityGroundwater
Lewisburg Village PwsPreble1,800CommunityGroundwater
Aqua Ohio - Preble CountyPreble1,748Non-transient non-communityPurchased surface water
New Paris Village PwsPreble1,681CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Hillcrest Tavern Inc.., PWSID OH6830812, Ohio”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/ohio/hillcrest-tavern-inc-oh6830812 (data as of October 1, 2026).