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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH1400912",
  "name": "Sabina Village",
  "county": "Clinton",
  "population": 2564,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (6 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 6,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
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    "OH1400912"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1830",
        "Sabina platted by founder Warren Sabin; original plat recorded December 6, 1830 with 37 lots."
      ],
      [
        "1859",
        "Village officially incorporated; M. Morris appointed first mayor."
      ],
      [
        "1980",
        "Village population peaked at about 2,799 residents (2020 census: 2,499), before gradually declining."
      ],
      [
        "2023",
        "Ohio EPA issued a Notice of Violation to Sabina Village PWS (April 10, 2023) for failing to give residents the required 45-day pre-construction notice about a water main replacement in an area with a…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater from seven wells (3 on SR 729 north, 4 on SR 729 south), per the Village's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — not the 6 wells implied by the system baseline. The CCR does not describe a filtration plant; detected disinfection byproducts (HAA5/TTHM) indicate the water is chlorinated, but…",
    "press": "Not published in any source reviewed (village utilities pages did not load full content; no psi figure found).",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "Not published online. Village Ordinances 2025-09 (monthly water charges) and 2025-10 (monthly wastewater charges) exist per the village ordinance index, but the documents are…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Gross Alpha",
        "4.74",
        "pCi/L",
        "15 pCi/L",
        "2023",
        "Erosion of natural deposits; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine",
        "0.81",
        "ppm",
        "MRDL 4 ppm",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.3-1.3 ppm; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "13.4",
        "ppb",
        "60 ppb",
        "2024",
        "Range 8.6-13.4 ppb; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "52.4",
        "ppb",
        "80 ppb",
        "2024",
        "Range 33.3-52.4 ppb; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.32",
        "ppm",
        "4 ppm",
        "2023",
        "No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.103",
        "ppm",
        "2 ppm",
        "2023",
        "No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.64",
        "ppm",
        "10 ppm",
        "2024",
        "No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Cyanide",
        "2",
        "ppm",
        "200 ppm (as…",
        "2023",
        "As stated in the CCR; the units appear mislabeled since the federal cyanide MCL is 0.2 mg/L (200 ppb), not 200 ppm —…"
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "0.9",
        "ppb",
        "15 ppb action…",
        "2023",
        "0 of 10 samples over the action level. This refutes an unrelated web claim of a 25.1 ppb average lead violation for…"
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.196",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 ppm action…",
        "2023",
        "0 of 10 samples over the action level."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Per the source water assessment referenced in the 2024 CCR, Ohio EPA rates the aquifer supplying Sabina's wells as highly susceptible to contamination, citing a relatively thin protective clay layer overlying the aquifer, significant potential contaminant sources in the protection area, and the lack of the required sanitary isolation…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not confirmed in sources reviewed; no sewer-plant details found on the village site.",
      "st": "Not confirmed in sources reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Sabina is nicknamed 'The Eden of Ohio.'",
      "The village's water comes from seven wells split across two well fields — three on SR 729 north and four on SR 729 south.",
      "In 2023 the village was cited by Ohio EPA for not properly warning a resident about a lead service line before a water main replacement on South Howard Street — the violation was resolved within a month."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabina,_Ohio",
        "https://edocpub.epa.ohio.gov/publicportal/ViewDocument.aspx?docid=2271765"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://www.villageofsabina.gov/home/files/2024-ccr-report"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.villageofsabina.gov/home/pages/ordinances-2025",
        "https://www.villageofsabina.gov/utilities"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.villageofsabina.gov/home/files/2024-ccr-report"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://www.villageofsabina.gov/home/files/2024-ccr-report"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://www.villageofsabina.gov/home/files/2024-ccr-report",
        "https://edocpub.epa.ohio.gov/publicportal/ViewDocument.aspx?docid=2271765"
      ]
    }
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    "caption": "Looking south on North Howard Street (Ohio 729) in Sabina, Ohio",
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