{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH0501311", "name": "Burr Oak Regional Water District", "county": "Athens", "population": 1994, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Hocking River Buried Valley Aquifer (wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 6, "aquifer": "Hocking River buried valley aquifer (sand and gravel)", "notes": "6 wells pump ~4 MGD from a sand-and-gravel aquifer within the Hocking River buried valley system; serves Athens/Hocking/Morgan/Perry county customers.", "urls": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/about-us", "https://waterutilityreport.com/utilities/burr-oak-regional-water-district" ], "chain": [ "OH0501311" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Burr Oak Regional Water District Treatment Plant", "a": "Athens County, Ohio (exact address not confirmed)", "la": 39.5133, "lo": -82.1071, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Hocking River buried-valley (sand-and-gravel) aquifer", "src": "Wells drawing from the Hocking River buried-valley aquifer in Athens County; specific wellfield site not verified this session (web search budget exhausted before this system could be researched)", "cls": "groundwater" } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1959", "Burr Oak Regional Water District founded; now supplies water (directly and via 17 wholesale satellite systems - 8 villages, 7 rural systems, and Burr Oak State Park) across Athens, Hocking, Morgan…" ], [ "2020", "EPA SDWIS records a non-health-based 'Other' (monitoring/reporting-category) violation with compliance period opening 1/10/2020; still shown unresolved (no compliance-period end date) in the current…" ], [ "2024", "District began planning/design in October for a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) treatment addition, engineered by Verdantas LLC with Kirk Brothers Co., Inc. as contractor, aimed at reducing…" ], [ "2025", "District held an unconditioned Ohio EPA license to operate, per its CCR page." ] ], "treat": "Water is drawn from 6 wells tapping the Hocking River buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer and treated at a roughly 4-million-gallon-per-day plant; distribution runs through 4 booster pump stations, 8 elevated storage tanks, and 6\"-18\" mains. A GAC (granular activated carbon) stage is being added…", "press": "Not published/could not be independently verified. A pressure range (35-100+ psi, with a PRV recommended above 80 psi) surfaced in search summaries but could not be confirmed on…", "rate": { "g": 11.1, "n": "Burr Oak system: $28.60 minimum monthly charge (covers first 2,000 gal), then $11.10 per 1,000 gallons above that; Satellite/large-volume rate is $5.70 per 1,000 gallons. Separate…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Monitoring/reporting violation (Other…", "N/A", "violation", "N/A", "2020", "Non-health-based violation, compliance period opened 1/10/2020, still open per EPA federal SDWIS/ECHO record; no…" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Morgan County Waterline Expansion Project", null, "2024-2025", "under construction", "Approximately 120,000 feet of new 2\"-8\" waterline with hydrants, valves, and services along SR-78, Drake Rd, Nichols Rd, Buck Run Rd, Finley Rd and others.…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) treatment addition", null, "2024-", "planned", "Adds a GAC stage to reduce disinfection byproducts and meet Ohio EPA TTHM/HAA5 standards. Engineered by Verdantas LLC; contractor Kirk Brothers Co., Inc.…" ] ], "stress": "The buried-valley aquifer supply (about 4 MGD plant capacity) is not described anywhere as capacity-constrained for this population; the district's active capital spending is instead aimed at water-quality risk from disinfection byproducts, prompting the GAC addition, rather than raw-water scarcity.", "sew": { "s": "Burr Oak Regional Water District is a water-only district. No sewer service is described anywhere on its website; served villages/rural areas most likely rely on individual septic systems or separate municipal sewer utilities, but this was not separately confirmed for each community.", "st": "No storm-sewer role found; district's public materials cover only water distribution." }, "fun": [ "The district has grown from its 1959 founding into a network of 6 wells, a 4-MGD plant, 4 booster stations, and 8 storage tanks, supplying (directly and wholesale) over 38,000 people across Athens, Hocking, Morgan, and…", "The district draws from the Hocking River buried-valley aquifer, a sand-and-gravel formation adjacent to the river rather than the river itself.", "Its current capital program pairs a GAC treatment upgrade for disinfection byproducts with a roughly 120,000-foot rural waterline expansion into Morgan County, funded partly by Ohio BUILDS (HB 168) and Appalachian…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/about-us", "https://www.burroakwater.org/ccr", "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH0501311/JSON", "https://www.burroakwater.org/projects" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/about-us", "https://www.burroakwater.org/projects" ], "rates": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/services" ], "impurities": [ "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH0501311/JSON" ], "projects": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/projects" ], "planned": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/projects" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/projects", "https://www.burroakwater.org/about-us" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/services" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.burroakwater.org/about-us", "https://www.burroakwater.org/projects" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45761", "share": 0.24, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH0501311.jpg", "caption": "A straightened section of the Hocking River in Athens, Ohio, source of the buried-valley aquifer", "credit": "Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant)", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.5" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0501311/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH0501311.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), \"Burr Oak Regional Water District · OH0501311\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0501311/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }