{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH1700011", "name": "Bucyrus City", "county": "Crawford", "population": 12570, "producer": true, "source_class": "river", "label": "Sandusky River (via Outhwaite & Riley up-ground reservoirs)", "bodies": [ "Sandusky River", "Paul R. Outhwaite Reservoir", "Roy Riley Reservoir" ], "intakes": [ "Sandusky River", "Outhwaite Reservoir", "Riley Reservoir" ], "wells": 0, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Both reservoirs are off-stream up-ground impoundments filled by pumping from the Sandusky River, so the ultimate raw source is the river itself.", "urls": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/water-plant" ], "chain": [ "OH1700011" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Bucyrus Water Treatment Plant", "a": "Bucyrus, OH 44820 — exact plant address not confirmed (utility office at 500 S Sandusky Ave)", "la": 40.84, "lo": -82.9353, "pt": "plant", "wb": "Sandusky River", "src": "Sandusky River (via Outhwaite & Riley up-ground reservoirs)", "cls": "river", "in": [ { "n": "Sandusky River intake", "wb": "Sandusky River", "role": "primary", "src": "River intake northeast of Bucyrus that pumps raw water to fill the Outhwaite and Riley storage reservoirs" }, { "n": "Paul R. Outhwaite Reservoir", "wb": "Sandusky River (upground storage)", "role": "storage", "src": "150-acre, 1-billion-gallon upground reservoir built 1982 about 2 miles northeast of Bucyrus along SR 98, filled by pumping from the Sandusky River", "la": 40.84, "lo": -82.9353, "pt": "dam" }, { "n": "Roy Riley Reservoir", "wb": "Sandusky River (upground storage)", "role": "storage", "src": "30-acre, 180-million-gallon upground reservoir built 1955 about 2 miles northeast of Bucyrus on Kiess Road, filled by pumping from the Sandusky River" } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1882", "Original waterworks installed with Walker steam pumps by the privately owned Bucyrus Development Company, drawing directly from the Sandusky River through wooden mains." ], [ "1900", "Neff Reservoir built - 40 acres, 90 million gallons, 1.75 sq mi watershed - the system's first raw-water impoundment." ], [ "1914", "Sand filtration began, with a 500,000-gallon clearwell for treated water storage." ], [ "1919", "Pines Reservoir added - 38 acres, 58 million gallons, 2.50 sq mi watershed." ], [ "1926", "The City of Bucyrus purchased the water works from the Bucyrus Development Company." ], [ "1939", "Construction of the city's wastewater treatment plant began, with primary and secondary treatment." ] ], "treat": "Surface water from two upground reservoirs - the 1-billion-gallon Outhwaite on St. Rt. 98 N and the 180-million-gallon Riley on Kiess Road - is treated by lime softening with sand filtration and clearwell storage (a 500,000-gallon clearwell from 1914 and a 1-million-gallon in-ground clearwell from…", "press": "Not published. Storage includes a 500,000-gallon elevated tank on Warren Street plus 500,000-gallon and 1-million-gallon clearwells at the plant; no distribution pressure figure…", "rate": { "g": 17.65, "n": "Bucyrus bills purely volumetrically with no fixed minimum: $13.20 per billing unit for water since Jan. 1, 2025 (a 15% increase, the first since 2019). The billing unit is a CCF…", "m": 52.8 }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "72.6", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range 25.1-72.6 ppb; chlorination by-product; no violation." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "15.7", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range 0-17.7 ppb; chlorination by-product; no violation." ], [ "Total Chlorine", "1.6", "ppm", "MRDL 4", "2025", "Range 1.1-1.7 ppm; disinfectant residual." ], [ "Nitrate", "1.23", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Range 0.19-1.23 ppm; fertilizer runoff, septic leaching, natural deposits." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.99", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Range 0.73-1.30 ppm; natural deposits plus additive." ], [ "Barium", "0.016", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Drilling wastes, refinery discharge, erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.16", "NTU", "TT (treatment…", "2025", "Range 0.02-0.16 NTU; 100% of samples met the standard." ], [ "Total Organic Carbon (removal ratio)", "2.5", "ratio", "TT (must exceed…", "2025", "Range 1.7-3.9; well above the compliance floor." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "0", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "0 of 30 samples exceeded the action level." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.029", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2025", "0 of 30 samples exceeded the action level." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Lead and copper service line inventory", null, "2025", "completed", "Inventory developed and published under the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions; viewable through the water distribution tab on the city site. No cost published…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "New Bucyrus water treatment plant, Beechgrove Road", null, "", "planned", "Planned 3.0 MGD lime-softening plant to replace the 1950 facility. The city's water plant page states the location and capacity; no cost, funding source or…" ], [ "Wastewater treatment plant replacement", 59000000, "", "proposed", "City is advancing discussions with Ohio EPA to replace the 1939-era facility. Local reporting puts the estimate at $62 million initially, reduced to about $59…" ] ], "stress": "The 2025 CCR notes that in Ohio all surface waters are considered moderately susceptible to contamination, and names the specific threats in the Bucyrus source water protection area: agriculture, a hazardous waste landfill, new home construction, junk yards, roadways and railways. Supply is buffered rather than run-of-river - roughly…", "sew": { "s": "City-run wastewater treatment plant discharging tertiary-treated effluent to the Sandusky River under NPDES permit 2PD00021*MD. Average daily flow 3.4 MGD, peak capacity 6.0 MGD, designed for a population of 15,500. Process train: influent pumping, primary settling, activated-sludge secondary treatment, tertiary filtration, UV…", "st": "Bucyrus operates a COMBINED sewer system dating from the 1930s that collects both sanitary and stormwater flow - the single most consequential fact about its wastewater system. The city runs a separate storm water management program; Ohio EPA's 2022 rate…" }, "fun": [ "Bucyrus does not drink from a river directly: it pumps the Sandusky River into two 'upground' reservoirs and draws from those, so the river's bad days can be waited out rather than treated.", "The Paul R. Outhwaite Reservoir, finished in 1982, holds a full billion gallons across 150 acres - about 300 days of supply on its own.", "The city has built four raw-water reservoirs since 1900 (Neff, Pines, Riley, Outhwaite), but only the two newest are named in the CCR as the current drinking water source.", "The treatment plant now slated for replacement went into continuous operation in May 1950 and was built on a $463,206 bid from Richland Construction Company of Mansfield.", "Bucyrus still runs a combined sewer system laid in the 1930s, and its bill separates out a 'storm water separation' charge for undoing it." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/water-plant", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/wastewater-treatment-plant", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2024-12/water_sewer_rate_increase_release_1.pdf", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2026-03/ccr_2025_0.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/water-plant", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2026-03/ccr_2025_0.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/water-plant" ], "rates": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2024-12/water_sewer_rate_increase_release_1.pdf", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/43/Rate%20Reports/Ohio_EPA_2022_Sewer_and_Water_Rate_Survey.pdf", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/utility-department" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2026-03/ccr_2025_0.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2026-03/ccr_2025_0.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/water-plant", "https://crawfordcountynow.com/local/bucyrus-mayor-outlines-2026-vision-new-tech-infrastructure-job-growth-and-major-construction-projects/", "https://crawfordcountynow.com/local/bucyrus-braces-for-sewer-rate-hike-amid-waste-water-plant-upgrade-prepares-for-solar-eclipse-influx-and-debates-property-maintenance-code/" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2026-03/ccr_2025_0.pdf", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/water-plant" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/wastewater-treatment-plant", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2024-12/water_sewer_rate_increase_release_1.pdf", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/storm-water-management", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/43/Rate%20Reports/Ohio_EPA_2022_Sewer_and_Water_Rate_Survey.pdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/water-plant", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/sites/default/files/2026-03/ccr_2025_0.pdf", "https://www.cityofbucyrusoh.us/wastewater-treatment-plant" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44820", "share": 0.6923, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH1700011.jpg", "caption": "Sandusky River at Bucyrus, Ohio, the source feeding the city's upground reservoirs", "credit": "This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Columbus Metropolitan Library ", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH1700011/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH1700011.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), \"Bucyrus City · OH1700011\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH1700011/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }