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  "name": "Adams County Regional Wd",
  "county": "Adams",
  "population": 21810,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Ohio River Valley Aquifer (wells near Manchester)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 8,
  "aquifer": "Ohio River Valley Aquifer",
  "notes": "8 active wells ~75 ft deep near the Ohio River east of Manchester, OH; no purchased water.",
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    {
      "n": "Adams County Regional Water District Treatment Plant",
      "a": "Near Manchester, Ohio 45144 (exact plant/wellfield street address not confirmed)",
      "la": 38.7042,
      "lo": -83.6013,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Ohio River valley (sand-and-gravel) buried-valley aquifer",
      "src": "Groundwater wells in the Ohio River valley aquifer near Manchester, serving multiple Adams County zip codes; exact wellfield location not verified this session (web search budget exhausted before this system could be researched in detail)",
      "cls": "groundwater",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Manchester Well Field",
          "wb": "Ohio River valley aquifer (sand and gravel)",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Wells located near the Ohio River east of Manchester, drawing from the river's sand-and-gravel aquifer; groundwater flows slowly east to west (8 wells · ~75 ft)",
          "la": 38.7042,
          "lo": -83.6013,
          "pt": "plant",
          "wells": [
            "Well 1",
            "Well 2",
            "Well 3",
            "Well 4",
            "Well 5",
            "Well 6",
            "Well 7",
            "Well 8"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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    "hist": [
      [
        "1969",
        "Adams County Regional Water District formed; its 2025 CCR masthead reads '57 years of service! 1969-2026'."
      ],
      [
        "1987",
        "The district's water treatment plant was built; Rick Adamson, who joined ACRWD in January 1987 as a laborer/operator, oversaw its construction."
      ],
      [
        "2003",
        "Ohio EPA completed a source water assessment of the district's wellfield, rating the aquifer highly susceptible to contamination. The study was revised in 2024."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "In November the district began installing roughly 130,000 feet of water line, improving existing mains and extending service to customers who had no access."
      ],
      [
        "2026",
        "General Manager Rick Adamson retired after a 39-year ACRWD career (GM since 2004); Johnny Hayslip became general manager and Nathan Crothers distribution supervisor."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater only. Eight production wells drilled 65 to 73 feet into the sand-and-gravel Ohio River Buried Valley Aquifer, in a wellfield west of Wrightsville along the Ohio River, feed the district's treatment plant on Buckeye Station Road. Treatment removes iron and manganese by filtration —…",
    "press": "Not published in any source reviewed. ACRWD's website, CCR and rate schedule give no distribution pressure figures.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 11,
      "n": "District rate schedule (billed monthly, all accounts): $23.00 minimum monthly charge on a 5/8-inch meter, which includes the first 1,000 gallons; all usage above the minimum is…",
      "m": 56
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "38.4",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Range 17.4-38.4 ppb; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "7.6",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Range ND-7.6 ppb; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine",
        "1.02",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.92-1.13 ppm; water additive used to control microbes."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.91",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.78-1.01 ppm; natural deposits plus additive."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.22",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "Well below the MCL; no range reported."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.021",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2023",
        "Monitored less than annually; most recent sample 2023."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "1.8",
        "ppb",
        "15 (action…",
        "2025",
        "0 of 30 samples exceeded the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.854",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (action…",
        "2025",
        "0 of 30 samples exceeded the action level."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Waterline installation and replacement program (~130,000 feet)",
        null,
        "2024-2026",
        "under construction",
        "Began November 2024; the 2025 CCR, published in April 2026, says the district is 'currently finishing' it. Improved existing infrastructure and extended…"
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Winchester Waterline Project",
        null,
        "2026",
        "planned",
        "The 2025 CCR says the district will begin the project 'later this year' to provide water service to the Winchester Industrial Park. ACRWD publishes no cost.…"
      ],
      [
        "US 52 ductile iron waterline replacement",
        null,
        "",
        "planned",
        "In the planning phase per the 2025 CCR. Numerous leaks along US 52 make replacement a priority for reliability. No cost or timeline published."
      ],
      [
        "Ginger Ridge Road waterline upgrade",
        null,
        "",
        "planned",
        "In the planning phase; a continuation of an earlier project that installed an 8-inch line from Clayton Pike to Ginger Ridge Road. Would improve supply to Old…"
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Not a quantity problem but a vulnerability one. Ohio EPA's assessment (2003, revised 2024) rates the aquifer supplying ACRWD as highly susceptible to contamination because there is no protective clay layer over it, the aquifer is shallow, and significant potential contaminant sources sit within the protection area. Groundwater seeps very…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "ACRWD is a water-only district and provides no sanitary sewer service; none of its published materials address wastewater. No countywide sanitary operator was identified for its rural service area (Cherry Fork, Bentonville, Aberdeen). The Village of Winchester runs a municipal sewer system that is being expanded — a new 700,000 GPD…",
      "st": "No storm sewer system or stormwater utility was identified for the district's largely unincorporated service area in any source reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "The district pumped 374,801,000 gallons out of the Ohio River Buried Valley Aquifer in 2025 — from just eight production wells, none deeper than 73 feet.",
      "Backwash from the iron and manganese filters goes into a distinctive red tank, where the sludge settles out before the water moves on.",
      "Thirteen separate monitoring wells sit alongside the eight production wells purely to watch the aquifer's water quality.",
      "The groundwater feeding the wells seeps east to west, the same direction the Ohio River flows past them.",
      "ACRWD's service-line inventory found no lead, no galvanized-requiring-replacement, and no unknown-material service lines anywhere in the system."
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        "https://www.adamscountyohecd.com/adams-county-community-improvement-corporation-cic-receives-4-2-million-jobsohio-grant-to-develop-the-winchester-industrial-park-and-attract-new-business/"
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    "url": "/photos/OH0100012.jpg",
    "caption": "The Ohio River near Aberdeen, Ohio, above the buried-valley aquifer serving Adams County Regional",
    "credit": "User:Nyttend",
    "license": "Public domain"
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
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