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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH0200503",
  "name": "Elida Village",
  "county": "Allen",
  "population": 4109,
  "producer": false,
  "source_class": "river",
  "label": "Auglaize River and Ottawa River, stored in city upground reservoirs",
  "bodies": [
    "Auglaize River",
    "Ottawa River",
    "Bresler Lake Reservoir",
    "Williams Reservoir",
    "Ferguson Reservoir",
    "Metzger Lake Reservoir"
  ],
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  "wells": null,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
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    "OH0200811"
  ],
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1918",
        "Lost Creek reservoir (893 million gallons) built as the first of Lima's East Side upground reservoirs, fed from the Ottawa River - the complex that now supplies Elida's purchased water."
      ],
      [
        "1946",
        "Metzger reservoir (1.2 billion gallons) added to Lima's East Side reservoir complex."
      ],
      [
        "1958",
        "Ferguson reservoir (2.2 billion gallons) completed, finishing the East Side complex."
      ],
      [
        "1970",
        "Bresler reservoir (4.92 billion gallons) built on Lima's West Side system, fed from the Auglaize River."
      ],
      [
        "2012",
        "Williams reservoir (5.2 billion gallons), Lima's largest, completed on the West Side complex."
      ],
      [
        "2022",
        "Elida reported as a recipient of Ohio state financing for wastewater system improvements (July 2022), indicating Elida operates its own wastewater system rather than being folded into Lima's."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Elida treats no raw water. SDWIS lists the facility 'CC FROM LIMA CITY' - a permanent consecutive connection buying filtered surface water from the City of Lima (PWSID OH0200811) - feeding an elevated tank, high-service pumps and Elida's distribution system. Elida does add its own treatment on the…",
    "press": "Not published. No distribution pressure figure was found for Elida or for Lima's delivery to it.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "Not found. No Village of Elida website resolved (elidaohio.org, elidaohio.com, elidaohio.gov, villageofelida.com all fail DNS; villageofelida.org returns 403), and no rate…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Elida's supply rests entirely on Lima's off-stream storage: five upground reservoirs filled by pumping from the Ottawa and Auglaize Rivers rather than by direct continuous river withdrawal, with Lima's own pages giving a total of 15 billion gallons on its water supply page and about 14.3 billion gallons on its treatment process page.…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Elida appears to run its own wastewater system rather than discharging into Lima's: it was reported in July 2022 as receiving Ohio state financing for wastewater improvements. No Elida sewer rate schedule, plant capacity or outfall detail was retrievable, and the earlier draft's Lima wastewater figures (13 MGD plant on Ft. Amanda Road…",
      "st": "Not published for Elida. Combined-sewer-overflow facts previously listed here belong to the City of Lima and were removed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "The water in Elida's taps is stored before it is treated: Lima banks it in five upground reservoirs holding roughly 14 to 15 billion gallons, filled by pumping from the Ottawa and Auglaize Rivers instead of drawing…",
      "Lima's newest reservoir, Williams (2012, 5.2 billion gallons), holds more water on its own than the three original East Side reservoirs - Lost Creek, Metzger and Ferguson - put together (about 4.29 billion gallons).",
      "Before it reaches Elida, the water passes a bank of ten rapid sand filters packed with anthracite coal, sand and support gravel, plus four granular activated carbon filters - and then Elida aerates and re-chlorinates it…"
    ],
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        "https://limaohio.gov/873/Lead-Service-Line-Replacement-Program"
      ],
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        "https://limaohio.gov/249/Water-Supply-Treatment",
        "https://limaohio.gov/345/Water-Treatment-Process",
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    "caption": "Main Street in Elida, Ohio",
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
  "cite": "Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), \"Elida Village · OH0200503\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0200503/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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