Public water system · OH7500712
ActiveOhio Living Dorothy Love Pws
At a glance
Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws (PWSID OH7500712) is an active community water system in Shelby County, Ohio. It reports serving 471 people through 58 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
471
Service connections
58
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws compare with other water systems in Shelby County?
By EPA's size categories, Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Shelby County has 37 active public water systems. Its population served is about half of the county average of 968 people per system, and accounts for 1.3% of the 35,819 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Ohio, the 3,854 active systems average 2,767 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Ohio has 1,028 active community water systems, 27% 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 Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws?
EPA lists Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws 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. 27 of the 37 active systems in Shelby County (73%) are also privately owned.
Does Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. The violations listed here began between May 1988 and December 2024. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 5 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Consumer Confidence Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved, 5 as unaddressed 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-23 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-09-28 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2022-12-29 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2020-12-31 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2020-01-15 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2018-12-14 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 1999-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Atrazinecode 2050 | No | Resolved |
| 1999-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Simazinecode 2037 | No | Resolved |
| 1999-04-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Alachlor (Lasso)code 2051 | No | Resolved |
| 1992-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Resolved |
| 1988-05-25 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000 | No | Archived |
All 11 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.
Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws: frequently asked questions
Who runs Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws?
Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws (PWSID OH7500712) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OH state drinking water program.
How many people does Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws serve?
Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws reports serving 471 people through 58 service connections in Shelby County, Ohio.
Where does Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws 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 Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. 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 Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws' 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. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the OH state drinking water program.
Where can I find Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws' water quality report?
As a community water system, Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
Other water systems in Shelby County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney City Pws | Shelby | 20,614 | Community | Surface water |
| Honda Dma Anna Engine Plant | Shelby | 3,400 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Anna Village Pws | Shelby | 1,558 | Community | Groundwater |
| Fort Loramie Village Pws | Shelby | 1,524 | Community | Groundwater |
| Jackson Center Village Pws | Shelby | 1,462 | Community | Groundwater |
| Botkins Village Pws | Shelby | 1,250 | 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, “Ohio Living Dorothy Love Pws, PWSID OH7500712, Ohio”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/ohio/ohio-living-dorothy-love-pws-oh7500712 (data as of October 1, 2026).