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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH0700011",
  "name": "Barnesville",
  "county": "Belmont",
  "population": 6500,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "reservoir",
  "label": "Barnesville Reservoirs #1, #2 & Slope Creek Reservoir",
  "bodies": [
    "Barnesville Reservoir #1",
    "Barnesville Reservoir #2",
    "Slope Creek Reservoir"
  ],
  "intakes": [
    "Barnesville Reservoir#1",
    "Barnesville Reservoir#2",
    "Barnesville Slope Creek"
  ],
  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "All three are village-owned impoundments; Slope Creek Reservoir dams Slope Creek (a South Fork Captina Creek tributary) and is filled by local drainage/unnamed tributaries, not a named river.",
  "urls": [
    "https://barnesvilleohio.com/departments/water/",
    "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SourceWaterProtectionPlan.pdf"
  ],
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  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Barnesville Water Treatment Plant",
      "la": 39.978,
      "lo": -81.192,
      "pt": "plant",
      "wb": "Barnesville Reservoir #1",
      "src": "Barnesville Reservoirs #1, #2 & Slope Creek Reservoir",
      "cls": "reservoir",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Reservoir #1",
          "wb": "unnamed tributaries of North Fork Captina Creek (impounded)",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Village's primary source reservoir (~90 MG, earthen dam, built 1960s) southwest of Barnesville off Twp Rd 25/SR 800; two intake ports 6 ft and 15 ft below normal pool",
          "la": 39.978,
          "lo": -81.192,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Reservoir #2",
          "wb": "unnamed tributaries of North Fork Captina Creek (impounded)",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "Secondary source reservoir (~45 MG, earthen dam built early 1900s) on County Road 122 northeast of Barnesville; single concrete intake with 3 draw ports",
          "la": 39.998,
          "lo": -81.16,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Slope Creek Reservoir (Reservoir #3)",
          "wb": "Slope Creek, South Fork Captina Creek watershed",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "Reservoir created 1964 by damming Slope Creek in Somerset Township, southwest of Barnesville; used directly by the plant about 40% of the time and otherwise pumped to feed Reservoir #1",
          "la": 39.955,
          "lo": -81.225,
          "pt": "approximate",
          "sh": 40
        }
      ]
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1808",
        "Barnesville is laid out in November 1808 by first settler James Barnes; the village is incorporated in 1835."
      ],
      [
        "1964",
        "The 93-acre Slope Creek Reservoir (Reservoir #3), about five miles south of the village, is created for flood control and water supply; it holds roughly 650 million usable gallons."
      ],
      [
        "2007",
        "Reservoir #2 (13 acres, ~30 million usable gallons, on County Road 122) is added as a village water source."
      ],
      [
        "2016",
        "The village adopts a Source Water Protection Plan covering Reservoirs #1 and #2 and Slope Creek Reservoir. (Ohio treats all surface water as highly susceptible to contamination as a matter of policy…"
      ],
      [
        "2021",
        "Ohio EPA issues a preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (June 24, 2021) for the Barnesville 16-inch Raw Water Transmission Main, WSRLA loan FS390135-0010, with the 0% Harmful Algal Bloom…"
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "The village misses the July 1, 2025 federal deadline to deliver annual notifications to consumers with lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement, or unknown-status service lines. It reported the…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Surface water from Reservoir #1 (Township Road 25), Reservoir #2 (County Road 122) and Slope Creek Reservoir (Somerset Township) is dosed with potassium permanganate, polymers and chlorine to promote coagulation and contaminant removal ahead of filtration; activated carbon gives the filtered water…",
    "press": "No distribution pressures or pressure zones are published. Ohio EPA records that Reservoirs #1 and #2 send water to the plant by gravity, while Slope Creek Reservoir water is…",
    "rate": {
      "g": 6.65,
      "n": "Inside-village schedule, Barnesville Water Department Rates and Fees effective May 9, 2022 (identical figures also appear on tables headed 'effective with July 2021 bills'): $9.00…",
      "m": 37.95
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.98",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.70-1.13; no violation. Water additive plus erosion of natural deposits."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.79",
        "ppm",
        "10 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range <0.10-0.79; no violation. Fertilizer runoff, septic leaching."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.018",
        "ppm",
        "2 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "4.99",
        "ppb",
        "15 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "0 of 20 samples exceeded the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.037",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "0 of 20 samples exceeded the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Turbidity",
        "0.39 (max)",
        "NTU",
        "TT: 0.3 NTU in…",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.04-0.39; lowest monthly compliance was 97.7% of samples meeting the standard. No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Chlorine",
        "0.89 (max)",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.7-1.1. Disinfectant residual."
      ],
      [
        "TTHM (total trihalomethanes)",
        "69.3",
        "ppb",
        "80 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 56.0-69.3; chlorination byproduct, no violation."
      ],
      [
        "HAA5 (haloacetic acids)",
        "26.9",
        "ppb",
        "60 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 18.3-26.9; chlorination byproduct, no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Nickel (unregulated)",
        "6.48",
        "ppb",
        "none established",
        "2025",
        "Unregulated contaminant monitoring; no MCL."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Barnesville 16-inch Raw Water Transmission Main and pump station replacement",
        5582000,
        "2021-2023",
        "unknown",
        "Replaces 25,000 linear feet of 12-inch asbestos-cement raw water main with 16-inch PVC on a new alignment mostly along roads, plus a new prefabricated pump…"
      ],
      [
        "Service line inventory",
        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "Inventory of service line materials maintained under the federal Lead and Copper Rule; the CCR directs residents to view it at the Barnesville Water Office…"
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Lead / galvanized / unknown service line notification correction",
        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "After failing to certify delivery of the July 1, 2025 annual notifications, the village provided the required notices to affected consumers on December 15…"
      ],
      [
        "Possible extension to Fairview and Hendrysburg",
        null,
        "",
        "proposed",
        "Ohio EPA's 2021 assessment notes these two unincorporated communities may connect to the Barnesville system when construction becomes affordable, adding…"
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "All three sources are village-owned surface impoundments. Ohio treats every surface water source as highly susceptible to contamination; the CCR lists agricultural runoff, oil and gas wells, and road crossings as the potential contaminant sources in the protection areas. The real operating pressure is algae: Reservoirs #1 and #2…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "The Village of Barnesville Water & Sewer Department runs the sanitary sewer and bills it alongside water: $14.25 minimum for 0-1,000 gal, $28.50 at 2,000, then $10.90 per 1,000 above 2,000 up to 40,000 and $10.50 above that; a 5,000-gallon month is $61.20. Sewer taps are $500 inside or outside the corporation. Ohio EPA's 2021 assessment…",
      "st": "not published"
    },
    "fun": [
      "Barnesville's three reservoirs hold an estimated 840 million usable gallons of raw water — what Ohio EPA calls 2.6 years of uninterrupted supply — while the village's finished-water tanks hold only about 1.2 days' worth.",
      "The village doesn't just serve itself: it wholesales water at $5.70 per 1,000 gallons to the Switzerland of Ohio Water District and the Village of Quaker City, satellite systems that push the population served to…",
      "Barnesville has sold bulk raw water straight out of Slope Creek Reservoir for hydraulic fracturing when water levels allow; Ohio EPA describes it as a continuing source of village revenue that doesn't count against…",
      "The two reservoirs nearest town bloom with algae while the distant one doesn't, so the village budgeted $5.58 million to rebuild a five-mile main and pump station and pump the good water instead — the old…",
      "In December 2025 the village had to send a special public notice after missing the federal deadline to tell residents whether their water arrives through a lead, galvanized or unknown-material service line."
    ],
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        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnesville,_Ohio",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barnesville-trans-main-repl-EA-and-FNSI-for-distn.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ccreport.pdf"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barnesville-trans-main-repl-EA-and-FNSI-for-distn.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ccreport.pdf"
      ],
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      "rates": [
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ratesandfees2022.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barnesville-trans-main-repl-EA-and-FNSI-for-distn.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ccreport.pdf"
      ],
      "projects": [
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        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ccreport.pdf"
      ],
      "planned": [
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ccreport.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barnesville-trans-main-repl-EA-and-FNSI-for-distn.pdf"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ccreport.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barnesville-trans-main-repl-EA-and-FNSI-for-distn.pdf"
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      "sewer": [
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ratesandfees2022.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barnesville-trans-main-repl-EA-and-FNSI-for-distn.pdf"
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        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barnesville-trans-main-repl-EA-and-FNSI-for-distn.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ratesandfees2022.pdf",
        "https://barnesvilleohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ccreport.pdf",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnesville,_Ohio"
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