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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH0200012",
  "name": "Beaverdam Village",
  "county": "Allen",
  "population": 319,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH0200012"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1853",
        "Village laid out, named for beaver dams near the original town site."
      ],
      [
        "1878",
        "Village incorporated."
      ],
      [
        "1914",
        "Lincoln Highway and Dixie Highway, which intersect in the village, were established."
      ],
      [
        "2006",
        "I-75 exit ramps and overpass near the village were widened for truck traffic; the same year its post office (open since 1850 as \"Beaver Dam\") closed."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Drinking water is drawn from 3 wells on village-owned property. The raw water is chlorinated for disinfection and passed through media filters to reduce iron and manganese before entering the distribution system. Ohio EPA's source-water susceptibility analysis rates the aquifer 'low susceptibility…",
    "press": "Not published; no distribution-system pressure figures found in the village's CCR or on its website.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No water or sewer rate schedule could be retrieved. The village's utility-information page links to 'Ordinance 2024-28, Utility Rates,' but that PDF returns a 404 on the village's…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.028",
        "ppm",
        "2 ppm (MCL)",
        "2020",
        "No violation. Typical source: discharge of drilling wastes/metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.39",
        "ppm",
        "4.0 ppm (MCL)",
        "2020",
        "No violation. Typical source: erosion of natural deposits; water additive; fertilizer/aluminum factory discharge."
      ],
      [
        "Total chlorine",
        "1.3",
        "ppm",
        "4 ppm (MRDL)",
        "2022",
        "No violation; range of detections 1.2-1.3 ppm. Disinfectant residual."
      ],
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "60",
        "ppb",
        "80 ppb (MCL)",
        "2022",
        "No violation; range of detections 43-76.4 ppb. Disinfection byproduct."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "18",
        "ppb",
        "60 ppb (MCL)",
        "2022",
        "No violation; range of detections 11.5-18.1 ppb. Disinfection byproduct."
      ],
      [
        "Copper",
        "0.235",
        "ppm (90th…",
        "1.3 ppm (Action…",
        "2022",
        "0 of 5 sites over the action level. No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Lead",
        "3.2",
        "ppb (90th…",
        "15 ppb (Action…",
        "2022",
        "0 of 5 sites over the action level. No violation."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "No published data on well-field capacity or drawdown relative to the heavy commercial/truck-stop water demand at the I-75/US-30 interchange. Ohio EPA's 2022 source-water assessment found the wellfield's bedrock aquifer has 'low susceptibility to contamination' due to a 32-37 ft confining silt-and-clay layer, but this is a…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "",
      "st": ""
    },
    "fun": [
      "Beaverdam sits at the historic junction of the Lincoln Highway and Dixie Highway (begun 1914) and today hosts three major truck stops where I-75 meets US-30.",
      "The village's population fell from a peak of 525 in 1970 to 319 by 2020, about a 16.5% drop just from 2010 (382) to 2020."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverdam,_Ohio"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://www.beaverdamoh.com/Documents/Notices/Beaverdam-CCR-2022-.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.beaverdamoh.com/Documents/Notices/Beaverdam-CCR-2022-.pdf"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://www.beaverdamoh.com/Documents/Notices/Beaverdam-CCR-2022-.pdf"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverdam,_Ohio"
      ]
    }
  },
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      "zip": "45808",
      "share": 0.9043,
      "dominant": true
    }
  ],
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    "url": "/photos/OH0200012.jpg",
    "caption": "Downtown Beaverdam, Ohio, served by the village's 3 groundwater wells",
    "credit": "Wikimedia Commons",
    "license": "Public domain"
  },
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  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH0200012.json",
  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
  "cite": "Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), \"Beaverdam Village · OH0200012\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0200012/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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