{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH0401712", "name": "Geneva City", "county": "Ashtabula", "population": 5924, "producer": false, "source_class": "erie", "label": "Lake Erie", "bodies": [ "Lake Erie" ], "intakes": [], "wells": null, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH0401712", "OH0400711" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1866", "Geneva became a village; it was incorporated as a city in 1958." ], [ "2019", "Geneva Water System participated in the fourth round of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule; manganese was detected in the distribution system at up to 31.9 ppb." ], [ "2023-2024", "Geneva Waterworks participated in UCMR 5, monitoring 29 PFAS compounds and lithium, with no detections." ], [ "2025", "January: city council tabled two ordinances dealing with water and sewer rate increases (Star Beacon; full article paywalled, headline and lede only)." ], [ "2025", "System was in compliance with all water quality regulations and held a current, unconditioned license to operate." ] ], "treat": "Geneva Water Works operates distribution only. It buys bulk finished water from the Aqua Ohio - Ashtabula Water System, which draws surface water from an intake offshore in Lake Erie and treats it; Geneva's water is disinfected using chlorine. The city's 2025 CCR notes that Aqua maintains…", "press": "Not published. No distribution pressure figures appear in the city's water department pages, its CCRs, or its wastewater materials.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "No water rate schedule could be substantiated. The city's water page carries no rates, the finance department page carries only budget ordinances, and residents pay through an…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "45.3", "ppb", "80 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 19-56.8 ppb. Byproduct of chlorination." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "24.75", "ppb", "60 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 13.8-30.9 ppb. Byproduct of chlorination." ], [ "Total chlorine", "1.64", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 1.2-1.8 ppm." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.94", "ppm", "4 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 0.8-1.1 ppm. Water additive and erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Barium", "0.17", "ppm", "2 (MCL)", "2025", "Erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.89", "ppm", "10 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 0.2-1.3 ppm." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.19", "NTU", "treatment…", "2025", "Range 0.04-0.19 NTU; 100% of samples met the limit." ], [ "Total organic carbon (removal ratio)", "0.95", "ratio", "treatment…", "2025", "Reported as the lowest ratio of TOC removed to TOC required. The CCR marks no violation and notes the Aqua…" ], [ "Lead", "0 (90th…", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples above the action level, sampled July-September 2025. An earlier reading of the 2024 report suggesting…" ], [ "Copper", "0.102 (90th…", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples above the action level, sampled July-September 2025." ] ], "proj": [ [ "OPWC Round 39 FY26 Lawn St. waterline replacement", null, "2026", "planned", "Listed among current city projects; funded through the Ohio Public Works Commission Round 39. No cost figure is published by the city and none is asserted here." ], [ "SR 534 sanitary sewer project (Limited Environmental Review)", null, "unknown", "planned", "A Geneva SR 534 SRS Limited Environmental Review notice is posted on the wastewater page; scope and cost not published." ], [ "West Main Street project, Phase 1", null, "2026", "under construction", "Listed as a current city project with its own updates page; a street project that may include utility work. No cost published." ] ], "plan": [ [ "West Main Street project, Phase 2", null, "unknown", "planned", "Listed on the city projects page with no schedule or cost." ], [ "ACGP Streetscape, Phases I and II", null, "unknown", "planned", "Listed on the city projects page with no schedule or cost." ], [ "Wipes screening at the wastewater treatment plant", 1920000, "unknown", "needed", "The wastewater department states an estimated $1,920,000 - more than $768 per customer - to install screening that would keep 'flushable' wipes out of the…" ] ], "stress": "Geneva has no source of its own; all of its water is purchased from Aqua Ohio's Ashtabula system, which draws from Lake Erie. The 2025 CCR states that although Aqua's intake is offshore, the proximity of several onshore sources raises the source water's susceptibility, and lists municipal and industrial wastewater discharges, residential…", "sew": { "s": "City-operated. The Geneva Wastewater Treatment Plant treats by trickling filter followed by advanced treatment and discharges to Cowles Creek, which Ohio EPA designates a low-flow, warm water, salmonid habitat stream. Design capacity 2 MGD with wet weather flows to 5 MGD; collection system of about 38.3 miles of gravity sewer (6 to 30…", "st": "No separate storm water utility or fee was found. The city posts a sanitary sewer overflow annual report (2016) but publishes no storm water rate or program page." }, "fun": [ "Geneva runs no water plant at all - every drop is bought wholesale from Aqua Ohio's Ashtabula system and pulled from an intake sitting offshore in Lake Erie.", "The city's sewage plant uses a trickling filter and discharges into Cowles Creek, a stream Ohio EPA classifies as salmonid habitat.", "Geneva gives residents an annual sewer credit for swimming pools deeper than three feet that do not drain into the sanitary sewer.", "The wastewater department has already bought two chopper pumps at $13,000 and $18,000 to deal with flushed wipes, and puts the cost of screening them out of the plant at about $1.92 million, or $768 per customer.", "Geneva publishes water quality reports back to 2018 but no water rate schedule at all." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva,_Ohio", "https://genevaohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCR-REPORT.pdf", "https://www.starbeacon.com/news/geneva-tables-water-rates-legislation/article_6ad64b80-ddbf-11ef-b3ce-97cd75153609.html" ], "treatment": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCR-REPORT.pdf", "https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=OH0401712" ], "rates": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/water/", "https://genevaohio.gov/waste-water/", "https://genevaohio.gov/finance-department/", "https://www.starbeacon.com/news/geneva-tables-water-rates-legislation/article_6ad64b80-ddbf-11ef-b3ce-97cd75153609.html" ], "impurities": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCR-REPORT.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/projects-current-projects-happening-in-the-city-of-geneva/", "https://genevaohio.gov/waste-water/" ], "planned": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/projects-current-projects-happening-in-the-city-of-geneva/", "https://genevaohio.gov/waste-water/" ], "water_stress": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCR-REPORT.pdf", "https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=OH0401712" ], "sewer": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/waste-water/" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://genevaohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCR-REPORT.pdf", "https://genevaohio.gov/waste-water/", "https://genevaohio.gov/water/" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44041", "share": 0.5875, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH0401712.jpg", "caption": "Lake Erie at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio, the source lake for Geneva's water supply", "credit": "Chris Light", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0401712/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH0401712.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), \"Geneva City · OH0401712\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0401712/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }