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Sterling Farm Equipment

At a glance

Sterling Farm Equipment (PWSID OH8548212) is an active transient non-community water system in Wayne County, Ohio. It reports serving 35 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 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

35

Service connections

3

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDOH8548212
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served35
Service connections3
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyOH state drinking water program
City served—
StateOhio
ZIP—
CountyWayne County

How does Sterling Farm Equipment compare with other water systems in Wayne County?

By EPA's size categories, Sterling Farm Equipment is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wayne County has 156 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 504 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% 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 transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Sterling Farm Equipment 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 Sterling Farm Equipment?

EPA lists Sterling Farm Equipment 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. 142 of the 156 active systems in Wayne County (91%) are also privately owned.

Does Sterling Farm Equipment 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 March 2024 and March 2026. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 of them). EPA lists 7 as resolved, 3 as unaddressed and 2 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2026-03-21Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2026-02-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoArchived
2025-11-09Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-09-02Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34E. colicode 3014NoResolved
2025-07-24Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoUnaddressed
2025-05-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2025-03-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2025-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived
2024-12-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-10-27Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2024-08-01MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3ARevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2024-03-30Public 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.

Sterling Farm Equipment: frequently asked questions

Who runs Sterling Farm Equipment?

Sterling Farm Equipment (PWSID OH8548212) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OH state drinking water program.

How many people does Sterling Farm Equipment serve?

Sterling Farm Equipment reports serving 35 people through 3 service connections in Wayne County, Ohio.

Where does Sterling Farm Equipment 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 Sterling Farm Equipment 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 Sterling Farm Equipment'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 Sterling Farm Equipment's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Sterling Farm Equipment 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 Wayne County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Wooster City PwsWayne26,618CommunityGroundwater
Orrville City PwsWayne8,452CommunityGroundwater
Rittman City PwsWayne6,491CommunityGroundwater
Doylestown Village PwsWayne3,051CommunityGroundwater
Creston VillageWayne2,171CommunityGroundwater
Dalton Village PwsWayne2,000CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Sterling Farm Equipment, PWSID OH8548212, Ohio”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/ohio/sterling-farm-equipment-oh8548212 (data as of October 1, 2026).