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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH0701412",
  "name": "Powhatan Point Public Water System",
  "county": "Belmont",
  "population": 1592,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH0701412"
  ],
  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Powhatan Point Village Wells (STU 1 & 2, blended)",
      "a": "Witten Ave, Powhatan Point, OH 43942 (village wellfield, plus a standby well near Marion St)",
      "la": 39.8654,
      "lo": -80.8283,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Local groundwater aquifer, Belmont County",
      "src": "Two village production wells on Witten Ave plus a standby well, blended and treated at one village plant before distribution",
      "cls": "groundwater"
    }
  ],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1828",
        "A post office called Powhatan Point began operating."
      ],
      [
        "1849",
        "The village was formally platted along the Ohio River at the confluence with Captina Creek, laid out by Franklin Knox."
      ],
      [
        "1930",
        "Village population peaked at 2,329 residents (confirmed as the true historical peak across the full census table, exceeding even the 1980 figure of 2,181)."
      ],
      [
        "2020",
        "Census population was 1,461, down from 1,592 in 2010."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Village draws from three groundwater wells (two production wells plus a standby well, per system input). The 2024 CCR states the Village of Powhatan Point sampled for total coliform bacteria, lead, copper, nitrate, and synthetic organic chemicals (SOCs) in 2023; all bacteria samples were negative…",
    "press": "Not published — no CCR, engineering report, or pressure-zone map with a pressure figure was located.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No published water rate schedule or ordinance was located online; the village's rate/ordinance code is not published digitally.",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total coliform bacteria",
        "0",
        "positive…",
        "n/a",
        "2023",
        "All samples negative, per 2024 CCR."
      ],
      [
        "Lead, Copper, Nitrate, SOCs",
        "0",
        "detected",
        "n/a",
        "2023",
        "All below detectable levels, per 2024 CCR."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "The aquifer supplying Powhatan Point is officially rated 'highly susceptible to contamination' in the village's source water assessment, meaning conditions make contamination relatively likely under current conditions.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not verified from a primary source — no sewer system documentation for the village was located in this session.",
      "st": "Not verified from a primary source."
    },
    "fun": [
      "The name honors the Powhatan Native American tribe, with 'Point' referring to the confluence of Captina Creek and the Ohio River where the village sits.",
      "The village was first surveyed/laid out in 1849 by Franklin Knox.",
      "The village's population peaked in 1930 at 2,329 during the coal-mining era — nearly 60% above its 2020 population of 1,461.",
      "Many residents commute across the Ohio River to Moundsville and Wheeling, West Virginia, for work; the village is considered part of the Wheeling metro area."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_Point,_Ohio",
        "https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=78499"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://ohioruralwater.org/page/powhatanpoint2025"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://ohioruralwater.org/page/powhatanpoint2025"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://ohioruralwater.org/page/powhatanpoint2025"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_Point,_Ohio",
        "https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=78499"
      ]
    }
  },
  "zips_served": [
    {
      "zip": "43942",
      "share": 0.7574,
      "dominant": true
    }
  ],
  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH0701412.jpg",
    "caption": "Main Street at the Hopple Street intersection in Powhatan Point, Ohio, whose system draws on local groundwater wells",
    "credit": "Nyttend",
    "license": "Public domain"
  },
  "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0701412/",
  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH0701412.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), \"Powhatan Point Public Water System · OH0701412\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0701412/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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