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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH0801511",
  "name": "Sardinia Village",
  "county": "Brown",
  "population": 952,
  "producer": false,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Ohio River Valley Aquifer (wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": null,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH0801511",
    "OH0802012"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1830",
        "Location established as a post village of Brown County in Washington Township."
      ],
      [
        "1833",
        "Village of Sardinia laid out on the East Fork White Oak Creek in Washington Township, Brown County."
      ],
      [
        "1860",
        "Village recorded about 200 residents, with roughly 1,300 in surrounding Washington Township."
      ],
      [
        "2000-2013",
        "Sardinia's own surface-water system — an intake on Sardinia Village Reservoir and White Oak Creek, plus its treatment/storage assets — was deactivated in stages, after which the village became a…"
      ],
      [
        "present",
        "Sardinia now buys finished, treated groundwater wholesale from Brown County Rural Water (two active purchase connections in SDWIS) rather than treating its own; no treatment processes are registered…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Sardinia does not treat its own water. It purchases already-treated finished water from Brown County Rural Water (PWSID OH0802012, sourced from groundwater) via two active interconnections, and distributes it through village mains. Its own former surface-water intake and treatment plant were…",
    "press": "Not published — no pressure figure found in available EPA SDWIS records or on the village website; village office can be reached at 937-446-3807 for details.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 18.06,
      "n": "Per the village's own utilities page (rates as of 2/1/2026): water base rate $34.00/month covers up to 2,000 gal, then $18.06 per 1,000 gal for 2,001-10,000 gal and $16.07 per…",
      "m": 135.61
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile, Lead and Copper…",
        "0.0013",
        "mg/L",
        "0.015",
        "2022-202…",
        "Well below the EPA action level across all three most recent 3-year monitoring cycles (2016-18, 2019-21, 2022-24)."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "No health-based drinking water violations on record. SDWIS shows three violations (Dec. 2023 monitoring, Dec. 2023 'other', and a July 2025 reporting violation), all administrative rather than contamination events. As a wholesale customer of Brown County Rural Water, Sardinia's supply reliability depends on that regional system.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "The Village of Sardinia operates its own sewer/wastewater treatment plant (confirmed on the village's own website), separate from its purchased-water arrangement for drinking water.",
      "st": "Not published — no information found on a separate stormwater utility or known flooding issues."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Despite drawing no water of its own today, the village runs its own sewer plant and used to run its own water plant too — EPA records show Sardinia's original surface-water intake (on its own reservoir and White Oak…"
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://www.villageofsardinia.com/history",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH0801511/JSON"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH0801511/JSON"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.villageofsardinia.com/water-sewer-rates"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/LCR_SAMPLE/PWSID/OH0801511/JSON"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH0801511/JSON"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.villageofsardinia.com"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH0801511/JSON"
      ]
    }
  },
  "zips_served": [
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      "zip": "45155",
      "share": 1.0,
      "dominant": true
    },
    {
      "zip": "45171",
      "share": 0.1788,
      "dominant": false
    }
  ],
  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH0801511.jpg",
    "caption": "Street view of Mowrystown, Ohio, served by Sardinia Village water system",
    "credit": "Aesopposea",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0"
  },
  "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0801511/",
  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH0801511.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), \"Sardinia Village · OH0801511\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH0801511/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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}