Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID OH4130812

Cardinal Operating Co. 3

Serves 110 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateBrilliant, Ohio
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On record since 2008: 3 violations. 2 treatment lapses · 1 missed or late test. Most recent began 2008-07-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
2Treatment lapse
1Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 56% of active water systems in Ohio. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

20052008 · Treatment lapse: 22008 · Treatment lapse: 22008 · Missed or late test: 12010201520202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
67% treatment lapse · 233% missed or late test · 1

Across Ohio, 62% of violations are missed or late tests and 5% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 14 results on file · action level 15 ppb

22 ppb
13 ppb
9 ppb
8 ppb
7 ppb
6.9 ppb
6 ppb
5.3 ppb
4.5 ppb
4.3 ppb
4 ppb
3.6 ppb
3.4 ppb
0 ppb

Copper, 90th percentile 1 result on file · action level 1.3 mg/L

89 mg/L as filed — a value this high in EPA's file is often µg/L entered as mg/L

Every violation on record

  1. 2008-07-01Lead and Copper RuleOCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationBack in compliance
  2. 2008-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial, Follow-up, or Routine Source Water M/RBack in compliance
  3. 2008-03-01Lead and Copper RulePublic EducationBack in compliance

System details

Population served110
Service connections4
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityBrilliant
EPA ZIP on file43913

Areas served

  • Jefferson County

Reading this record

Cardinal Operating Co. 3 is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 110 people in Brilliant, Ohio. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.