{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH0400711", "name": "Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula", "county": "Ashtabula", "population": 32342, "producer": true, "source_class": "erie", "label": "Lake Erie", "bodies": [ "Lake Erie" ], "intakes": [ "Aqua Ohio Ashtabula Lake Eri" ], "wells": 0, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Own intake directly from Lake Erie; no wells or purchased water listed.", "urls": [ "https://waterzen.com/water-providers/aqua-ohio-ashtabula/", "https://www.ashtabulacounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/7277/2023-Consumer-Confidence-Report-" ], "chain": [ "OH0400711" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula Water Treatment Plant", "a": "Ashtabula, OH 44004 (lakefront plant near Ashtabula Harbor; company office at 902 Brookdale Ave)", "la": 41.905, "lo": -80.782, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Lake Erie", "src": "Lake Erie, drawn at a shoreline intake near Ashtabula Harbor into a plant that sits only about 4 feet above lake water elevation", "cls": "erie" } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1886", "Predecessor waterworks founded (per WaterZen profile); the system is now operated by Aqua Ohio, part of Essential Utilities." ], [ "2003", "Ohio EPA source water assessment found the Lake Erie source susceptible to wastewater and industrial discharges, runoff, spills and shipping." ], [ "2018", "Plant monitored source water for Cryptosporidium; detected in 1 of 9 raw-water samples and not detected in finished water." ], [ "2020", "Sampled under Ohio's statewide PFAS Drinking Water Sampling Initiative; six PFAS compounds tested, none detected in finished water." ], [ "2021", "Aqua Ohio Ashtabula maintained 'alternative TOC compliance' instead of meeting the standard total organic carbon removal ratio." ] ], "treat": "Conventional Lake Erie surface-water plant drawing from two lake intakes: filtration (turbidity monitored continuously), chlorine disinfection and fluoridation, with TOC removal for byproduct control under alternative TOC compliance. Coagulant details not published.", "press": "not published; no psi figure or pressure-zone description appears in Aqua Ohio or Ashtabula County materials reviewed", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Not found. Aqua Ohio is investor-owned and its rates are set in PUCO tariffs; no Ashtabula-division rate sheet was located.", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total Organic Carbon (removal ratio)", "0.60", "ratio", "1.0 (TT)", "2023", "Aqua's own table; range 0.60-1.19; on alternative TOC compliance, reported as no violation." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.55", "NTU", "0.3 in 95% of…", "2023", "Range 0.04-0.55 NTU; 99.8% of samples met the standard; no violation." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.75", "ppm", "4", "2023", "Additive for dental health plus natural deposits; range 0.7-1.3 ppm." ], [ "Barium", "0.02", "ppm", "2", "2023", "Naturally occurring and industrial discharge; well below the MCL." ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "57.5", "ppb", "80", "2023", "Measured in the Ashtabula County distribution of Aqua's water; range 14.7-84.5 ppb." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "34.7", "ppb", "60", "2023", "County distribution system sampling; range 10.6-42.3 ppb; no violation." ], [ "Total Chlorine (residual disinfectant)", "1.8", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2023", "County distribution table; the report's violation cell reads '2' with no explanation." ], [ "Manganese (unregulated)", "9.042 (avg)", "ppb", "no federal limit", "2019", "UCMR4 entry-point result; range of detection 0.668-31.9 ppb." ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [], "stress": "Lake Erie's volume means little scarcity risk, but Ohio EPA's 2003 assessment rates the source susceptible to wastewater and industrial discharges, urban runoff, and rail, vehicle and shipping spills. Cryptosporidium appeared in 1 of 9 raw samples in 2018 monitoring, never in finished water.", "sew": { "s": "City of Ashtabula Wastewater Treatment Plant, 303 Woodland Ave., runs separately from Aqua Ohio: 12.0 MGD average design flow, 18 MGD peak, 24 MGD maximum hydraulic; grit removal, primary settling, phosphorus removal, activated sludge, UV disinfection, anaerobic digestion; discharges to Lake Erie.", "st": "The city reports only separate sanitary sewers, so no combined sewer overflows; no municipal stormwater utility or fee was documented in the sources reviewed." }, "fun": [ "The Ashtabula County Water System buys Aqua Ohio's treated water, and in 2023 also drew 2,192,388 gallons through a Lake County backup connection used about 365 days a year.", "Six PFAS compounds were sampled at the plant under Ohio's 2020 statewide initiative and none were detected in the finished drinking water.", "The city's wastewater plant discharges to Lake Erie after UV disinfection - the same lake the tap water comes from - and Ashtabula's sewers are all separate sanitary lines.", "The plant draws Lake Erie water through two separate intakes rather than a single one." ] }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44004", "share": 0.7005, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44068", "share": 0.3009, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44048", "share": 0.135, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44030", "share": 0.0348, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH0400711.jpg", "caption": "Historic view of Lake Erie at Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, the Aqua Ohio system's water source", "credit": "This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Columbus Metropolitan Library ", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0400711/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH0400711.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), \"Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula · OH0400711\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0400711/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }