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Rittman City Pws

At a glance

Rittman City Pws (PWSID OH8503012) is an active community water system in Wayne County, Ohio. It reports serving 6,491 people through 3,000 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025.

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

Population served

6,491

Service connections

3,000

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDOH8503012

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served6,491

Service connections3,000

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyOH state drinking water program

City served—

StateOhio

ZIP—

CountyWayne County

How does Rittman City Pws compare with other water systems in Wayne County?

By EPA's size categories, Rittman City Pws is a medium system (3,301 to 10,000 people). Wayne County has 156 active public water systems, and Rittman City Pws is the 3rd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 13 times the county average of 504 people per system, and accounts for 8.3% of the 78,614 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 Rittman City Pws is roughly in line with 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 Rittman City Pws?

EPA lists Rittman City Pws as owned by a local government. 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. 14 of the 156 active systems in Wayne County (9%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Rittman City Pws have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2008 and December 2025. By type: 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting and 3 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Consumer Confidence Rule (5 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved, 3 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
2025-12-02	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Unaddressed
2024-01-25	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Unaddressed
2023-01-05	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Unaddressed
2020-10-06	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Inadequate Reporting · code 72	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2020-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2014-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
2013-05-30	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2013-05-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2010-12-31	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2009-09-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2008-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2008-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved

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.

Rittman City Pws: frequently asked questions

Who runs Rittman City Pws?

Rittman City Pws (PWSID OH8503012) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the OH state drinking water program.

How many people does Rittman City Pws serve?

Rittman City Pws reports serving 6,491 people through 3,000 service connections in Wayne County, Ohio.

Where does Rittman City 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 Rittman City Pws have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are 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 Rittman City 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in December 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the OH state drinking water program.

Where can I find Rittman City Pws' water quality report?

As a community water system, Rittman City 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 Wayne County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Wooster City Pws	Wayne	26,618	Community	Groundwater
Orrville City Pws	Wayne	8,452	Community	Groundwater
Doylestown Village Pws	Wayne	3,051	Community	Groundwater
Creston Village	Wayne	2,171	Community	Groundwater
Dalton Village Pws	Wayne	2,000	Community	Groundwater
Northwestern Local Schools Pws	Wayne	1,540	Non-transient non-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, “Rittman City Pws, PWSID OH8503012, Ohio”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/ohio/rittman-city-pws-oh8503012 (data as of October 1, 2026).