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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH2201011",
  "name": "Huron City",
  "county": "Erie",
  "population": 6893,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "erie",
  "label": "Lake Erie",
  "bodies": [
    "Lake Erie"
  ],
  "intakes": [
    "Huron Lake Erie"
  ],
  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "Single intake in Lake Erie, no wells or purchased water.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.eriecounty.oh.gov/Downloads/2024PerkinsWaterQualityReport.pdf"
  ],
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  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Huron Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "City of Huron municipal offices: 417 Main Street, Huron, Ohio 44839 (WTP site address not separately confirmed; plant…",
      "la": 41.402,
      "lo": -82.5555,
      "pt": "intake",
      "wb": "Lake Erie",
      "src": "Lake Erie surface-water intake crib located about 2,200 feet offshore near the mouth of the Huron River, feeding a 36-inch line to a shoreline raw-water wet well at the Huron WTP",
      "cls": "erie"
    }
  ],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1909",
        "The City of Huron established its own water department and built its first filtration plant."
      ],
      [
        "1957",
        "The original waterworks was abandoned and a new filtration plant commissioned; that 1957 plant, since expanded and upgraded several times, is still the city's plant."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "The city completed its lead service line inventory and posted the downloadable list on the water department page."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "Ohio EPA issued a Limited Environmental Review and Finding of No Significant Impact on July 29 for a new 2.0-million-gallon elevated storage tank, to be financed through the Water Supply Revolving…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Raw water flows by gravity through a 36-inch concrete intake pipe from a submerged crib about 2,200 feet out into Lake Erie, through a screen into a raw water wet well at the shoreline plant (500 Cleveland Road West). From the wet well it is pumped to a flash mix where ACH coagulant is added…",
    "press": "Not published. The city's water page mentions a 20 psi threshold only in the context of the Ohio EPA boil-advisory protocol -- the pressure below which an advisory is triggered --…",
    "rate": {
      "g": 4.22,
      "n": "Ordinance No. 2022-55, adopted November 8, 2022 and effective January 1, 2023: $3.16 per 100 cubic feet for residents and $3.48 per 100 cubic feet for non-residents. At 748…",
      "m": 57.5
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "53.4",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Detected 7/1/2025; range 24.7-53.4 ppb. No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)",
        "16.6",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Detected 7/1/2025; range 16.6-34.2 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.0",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.79-1.0 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "1.56",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "Range <0.10-1.56 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.02",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.02-0.02 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Chlorine (total)",
        "2.7",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 1.6-2.7 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Turbidity",
        "0.12",
        "NTU",
        "0.3 NTU in 95%…",
        "2025",
        "Highest recorded result 0.12 NTU, range 0.02-0.12; 100% of monthly samples met the limit."
      ],
      [
        "Total organic carbon",
        "1.0",
        "ratio of…",
        "1.0 minimum",
        "2025",
        "Range 1.0-1.7; a value of 1 or above means compliance."
      ],
      [
        "Lead",
        "4.280",
        "ppb (90th…",
        "15 (action…",
        "2023",
        "1 of 22 sampled sites was above the action level in the most recent (2023) round; no system violation."
      ],
      [
        "Copper",
        "0.378",
        "ppm (90th…",
        "1.3 (action…",
        "2023",
        "0 of 25 sites above the action level."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [
      [
        "New 2.0 Million Gallon Elevated Water Storage Tank",
        10157800,
        "2025",
        "planned",
        "A 111-foot elevated tank that functionally replaces an existing 500,000-gallon tower nearby. Ohio EPA issued the LER and FNSI on July 29, 2025 under WSRLA loan…"
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Supply volume is not the constraint -- the plant is rated 3.4 MGD against about 2.53 MGD average use, with headroom to 5.0 MGD. The documented risk is source water quality: Ohio EPA's 2025 loan review states Lake Erie has annual harmful algal bloom events that can impact treatment, and that Huron needs more finished water storage so it…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Sanitary sewer service is provided by Erie County, not the city; the city's utilities page routes sewer customers to the county Department of Sanitary Engineering. Treatment plant name, capacity and receiving stream are not stated on city pages.",
      "st": "The city operates its own stormwater program alongside the water and street departments. No specific flooding problem or CSO obligation for the city's own stormwater system was found in the sources reviewed, though combined sewer overflows are listed…"
    },
    "fun": [
      "Huron's intake crib sits about 2,200 feet out in Lake Erie and feeds the plant by gravity through a 36-inch concrete pipe -- no raw water pumping until the water is already onshore.",
      "The city runs its own municipal electric utility, Huron Public Power, alongside water and stormwater, while sanitary sewer is handled by Erie County.",
      "Huron is a wholesaler as well as a retailer: Ohio EPA records the plant serving about 3,600 city connections plus water sold to the Erie County Water and Sewer District.",
      "The planned new water tower is a 111-foot, 2-million-gallon tank replacing a 500,000-gallon one -- a fourfold jump in elevated storage, justified largely by the need to keep producing through a Lake Erie algal bloom.",
      "Huron was home port to commercial fishing fleets and a major iron ore and limestone dock -- the first iron ore cargo landed at the Wheeling and Lake Erie docks on May 21, 1884 -- before lake pollution decimated the…"
    ],
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      "history": [
        "https://www.huronohio.us/government/utilities/water/index.php",
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/25-07_Huron%20(11414)_FNSI-LER%20FINAL.pdf",
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/Consumer%20Confidence%20Report/FINAL%202025%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/Consumer%20Confidence%20Report/FINAL%202025%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf",
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/25-07_Huron%20(11414)_FNSI-LER%20FINAL.pdf"
      ],
      "pressure": [
        "https://www.huronohio.us/government/utilities/water/index.php",
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/Consumer%20Confidence%20Report/FINAL%202025%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.huronohio.us/government/utilities/water/index.php",
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/25-07_Huron%20(11414)_FNSI-LER%20FINAL.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/Consumer%20Confidence%20Report/FINAL%202025%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf"
      ],
      "planned": [
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/25-07_Huron%20(11414)_FNSI-LER%20FINAL.pdf",
        "https://www.huronohio.us/government/utilities/water/index.php"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/25-07_Huron%20(11414)_FNSI-LER%20FINAL.pdf",
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/Consumer%20Confidence%20Report/FINAL%202025%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.huronohio.us/government/utilities/index.php",
        "https://www.huronohio.us/government/utilities/water/index.php"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/Consumer%20Confidence%20Report/FINAL%202025%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf",
        "https://www.huronohio.us/government/utilities/index.php",
        "https://files.cityofhuron.org/Documents/Government/Utilities/Water/25-07_Huron%20(11414)_FNSI-LER%20FINAL.pdf",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron,_Ohio"
      ]
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    "caption": "Aerial view of the harbor at Huron, Ohio on Lake Erie, where the city's water intake area is located",
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