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  "name": "Chauncey",
  "county": "Athens",
  "population": 1428,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (2 wells)",
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  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 2,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1838-39",
        "Village founded/platted after Elihu Chauncey, Nicholas Biddle and partners bought Resolved Fuller's salt-well farm for $12,500 in 1838 and laid out the town in 1839; named for Elihu Chauncey."
      ],
      [
        "1838-1891",
        "Salt wells (concentrated on Bailey Run Rd.) drove the economy for over 50 years until a flood destroyed the last salt well in 1891."
      ],
      [
        "1896-1952",
        "Deep coal mining became the dominant industry after investors recruited operator William Jones in 1896; New York Coal Co. ceased operations in Chauncey in 1952, citing economic conditions."
      ],
      [
        "1932",
        "'Chauncey War': striking miners protesting wage cuts exploded the New York Central Railroad bridge near the New York Coal Co.'s Mine #25 on July 12, 1932; National Guard troops (peaking at 449) were…"
      ],
      [
        "2016",
        "The Athens Conservancy established a 13.5-acre wetland preserve and trail along Sunday Creek; the village's separate 127-acre Chauncey-Dover Community Park (on former strip-mined, USFS-transferred…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Village draws from two groundwater wells and treats/distributes its own supply; specific treatment steps (disinfection, iron/manganese removal, etc.) could not be confirmed because the village's CCR, hosted at ohioruralwater.org, blocked automated access this session as well as previously. This is…",
    "press": "Not published in any source reviewed; no pressure-zone or tank-elevation data found.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 5.67,
      "n": "Confirmed directly from the Village of Chauncey's official 2026 rate schedule: in-village water is $33.20 for the first 2,000 gallons then $5.67/1,000 gallons; out-of-town water…",
      "m": 116.74
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Village sits at the confluence of Sunday Creek and the Hocking River (confirmed via Wikipedia) in a historic coal-mining watershed known for acid mine drainage in surface streams; the village itself relies on groundwater wells. Reclaimed strip-mined lowlands near the village were converted into the Chauncey-Dover Community Park and, in…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Village-operated sanitary sewer system; sewer service is limited to in-village Chauncey customers (out-of-town customers receive water only), per the village's rate schedule. Treatment plant name/capacity/receiving stream not found in sources reviewed. Current sewer rate is $18.05 per 1,000 gallons, effective 1/1/2026 (confirmed).",
      "st": "Not detailed in sources reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Chauncey's name is commonly pronounced 'CHAN-see,' and locals have long used the pronunciation as a marker of insider vs. outsider status in the area.",
      "Chauncey was named for Elihu Chauncey, a Philadelphia financier who partnered to buy the local salt-spring operation for $12,500 in 1838.",
      "The village's 127-acre Chauncey-Dover Community Park, on reclaimed former strip-mine land, anchors the Baileys Trail System; a separate 13.5-acre Sunday Creek wetland preserve nearby was established by the Athens…"
    ],
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      "history": [
        "https://villageofchauncey.com/history",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncey,_Ohio",
        "https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=271186"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://villageofchauncey.com/utilities",
        "https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/d1a843b2-7240-4a83-ab52-db27fe40450b/2026%20Water%20%26%20Sewer%20Rate%20Schedule.pdf"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncey,_Ohio"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/d1a843b2-7240-4a83-ab52-db27fe40450b/2026%20Water%20%26%20Sewer%20Rate%20Schedule.pdf"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncey,_Ohio",
        "https://villageofchauncey.com/history"
      ]
    }
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      "zip": "45719",
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    "caption": "The Chauncey, Ohio post office at 23 Sycamore Street",
    "credit": "Nyttend",
    "license": "Public domain"
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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), \"Chauncey · OH0500512\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0500512/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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