| Water Systems (Private)
Private water systems are regulated by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) under Sections 3701.344 to 3701.347 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and Chapter 3701-28 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC). Private Water Systems are potable water wells, ponds, springs, cisterns and hauled water storage tanks that provide drinking water to fewer than 25 people, less than sixty days out of the year, and have less than 15 service connections. These would include single water supplies that serve homes, small businesses, small churches, small mobile home parks or communities with fewer than 25 residents.
Services Provided:
- Technical assistance and training on the construction, operation and maintenance of private water systems.
- Survey Local Health District’s Private Water System Programs to assess their compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Registration of private water systems contractors.
- Investigation and recommendations on bond claims against private water systems contractors.
- Investigation of contamination of private water systems.
Private Water System Contractors
Anyone in the business of working on private water systems in Ohio must register with ODH as a Private Water Systems Contractor. Homeowners who wish to construct, alter or seal their private water systems are now required to register (without the bonding requirement) as of April 1, 2011. Click on the links to the left for more information.
To check on the current registration status of a contractor click on the links below. If a contractor is not listed call the ODH Residential Water and Sewage Program at (614) 466-1390.
Private Water System Rules
Laboratories certified to conduct water testing for private water systems
The private water system rules (Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 3701-28) require water samples collected from private water systems to be analyzed by laboratory certified by either the Ohio Department of Health or the Ohio EPA for system approval after new construction, alteration or repair. The department recommends that all water samples collected from private water systems for real estate transactions, or consumer information also be analyzed at a certified laboratory to ensure that proper procedures and water analysis methods are used to protect public health.
Ohio Department of Health Approved laboratories for doing total coliform colony counts using Quanti-Tray
Ohio EPA Certified Laboratories for Chemical Analysis and Total Coliform and E. coli for presence/abscence
Contact Information:
- Rebecca Fugitt, RS, MS, Program Administrator, Residential Water and Wastewater Program.
For any questions about residential drinking water wells and the Private Water Systems Rules, Ohio Administrative Code, Chapter 3701-28 you may contact the following program staff:
- Doug Rogers, RS, Private Water Systems Contractor Enforcement, Down-hole camera water well investigations.
- Steve Schmidt, RS, Down-hole camera water well investigations.
- Russell Smith, RS, Continuous disinfection and filtration treatment for drinking water ponds, cisterns and springs; Private water system chemical contamination sampling and investigations.
Telephone:
Private Water Systems Program (614) 644-7558
Bureau of Environmental Health (614) 466-1390
Fax: (614) 466-4556
Mailing Address:
Ohio Department of Health
Private Water Systems Program
246 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
E-mail: BEH@odh.ohio.gov
Last Updated: 3/31/11
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