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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH0700912",
  "name": "Flushing Village",
  "county": "Belmont",
  "population": 803,
  "producer": false,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Ohio River valley aquifer (wells)",
  "bodies": [
    "Ohio River (via alluvial aquifer)"
  ],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": null,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH0700912",
    "OH0700412"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1813",
        "The town site of Flushing was platted."
      ],
      [
        "1849",
        "Flushing was incorporated as a village."
      ],
      [
        "1980",
        "CORRECTED: Village population peaked at 1,266 residents (Wikipedia's full census table shows 1980, not 1940, as the actual high point; 1940 was 1,217)."
      ],
      [
        "2020",
        "Census recorded 830 residents, down about a third from the 1980 peak (2023 estimate 807)."
      ],
      [
        "2024-2025",
        "NEW: EPA SDWIS shows an open, non-health-based violation (rule 410, contaminant code 7500, consistent with a Consumer Confidence Report reporting/certification lapse) on Flushing's own system…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Flushing has no treatment plant of its own (its own wells and WTP were deactivated 2005-2007); it buys finished water via an active interconnect from Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 (PWSID OH0700412), a groundwater system serving about 26,800 people from a well field and 'Belmont County WTP,' with…",
    "press": "Not published; no pressure-zone or tank-elevation data found for the village system.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "Current residential rate not published in sources reviewed for either Flushing or Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3; an earlier unsourced claim about rate increases reported 'on…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "41.7",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2021-202…",
        "Disinfection byproduct; within federal limit. Figure traceable to EWG Tap Water Database (site returned 403 on re-check…"
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)",
        "14.7",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2021-202…",
        "Within federal limit; same sourcing caveat as TTHM above."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.623",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2021-202…",
        "From supplying utility (Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3); well below limit."
      ],
      [
        "Radium, combined (-226/-228)",
        "0.67",
        "pCi/L",
        "5",
        "2018-202…",
        "From supplying utility; within limit."
      ],
      [
        "Chromium (hexavalent)",
        "0.593",
        "ppb",
        "no federal limit",
        "2021-202…",
        "Unregulated contaminant monitoring, from supplying utility."
      ],
      [
        "Consumer Confidence Report / reporting",
        "N/A",
        "violation",
        "N/A",
        "2024-pre…",
        "Open, non-health-based SDWIS violation (rule 410) since 8/15/2024 on Flushing's own system; previously omitted from the…"
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Not source-stressed in the drought/depletion sense: relies on a purchased Ohio River valley aquifer supply via Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3 rather than a standalone well or surface intake. Disinfection byproducts (TTHM, HAA5) are present but within legal limits. The one open compliance issue found is administrative (a CCR-type…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not independently confirmed; the village's water supplier (Belmont Co. Sanitary District 3) is part of the county sanitary engineer's office, which also runs county sewer districts, but no dedicated Flushing sewer plant or consent decree was found.",
      "st": "Not published."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Flushing was platted in 1813, making it one of the older village sites in Belmont County.",
      "Its tap water travels from an aquifer well field near the Ohio River north of Bellaire rather than from any source within the village itself.",
      "Population peaked in 1980 at 1,266 residents (not 1940 as previously stated) and had fallen to 830 by 2020."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing,_Ohio",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH0700912/JSON"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH0700912/JSON",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH0700412/JSON",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM/PWSID/OH0700412/JSON"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=OH0700912",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH0700912/JSON"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM/PWSID/OH0700912/JSON"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flushing,_Ohio"
      ]
    }
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  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH0700912.jpg",
    "caption": "Water tower in Flushing, Ohio, which serves the Flushing Village water system",
    "credit": "Roseohioresident",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0"
  },
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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), \"Flushing Village · OH0700912\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0700912/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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