{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH2302903", "name": "Thurston Village", "county": "Fairfield", "population": 604, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (2 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 2, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH2302903" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1881", "The community, originally platted as 'Bush City,' was renamed Thurston and a post office opened." ], [ "1880s-1950", "Thurston grew into a major railroad hub, serving as a terminal for four divisions of the New York Central Railroad; by 1920 fourteen passenger trains stopped daily, and it was reportedly the only…" ], [ "1905", "A shirt-waist factory fire, visible for miles, destroyed a major local employer." ], [ "1953", "A tornado destroyed a brick building (originally a two-room schoolhouse) east of the railroad tracks." ], [ "1976", "A village historical account describes officials still hoping to break ground on Thurston's first municipal water system, indicating the current system postdates the mid-1970s." ] ], "treat": "Thurston draws groundwater from wells located east of State Route 37, pumped to a treatment plant at 8445 High Street before distribution, per its 2025 Consumer Confidence Report and 2021 rate ordinance. The system chlorinates (2025 average residual 0.96 ppm, within the 4 ppm regulatory limit) and…", "press": "Not published in the CCR, rate ordinance, or village website reviewed.", "rate": { "g": 15.91, "n": "Per Village of Thurston Ordinance 2021-18 (passed Sept. 8, 2021): $15.91 per 1,000 gallons for usage above a 1,500-gallon monthly minimum; minimum charge $26.53/month for a…", "m": 41.53 }, "imp": [ [ "Arsenic", "1.98-4.99…", "ppb", "10 ppb (MCL)", "2025", "No violation. The CCR's summary table also lists an anomalous '3,252' figure inconsistent with its own stated detection…" ], [ "Gross Alpha", "14.8 (range…", "pCi/L", "15 pCi/L (MCL)", "2023", "No violation, but close to the MCL." ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "6.10 (range…", "ppb", "80 ppb (MCL)", "2025", "Disinfection byproduct; no violation." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "13.4 (range…", "ppb", "60 ppb (MCL)", "2025", "Disinfection byproduct; no violation." ], [ "Radium-228", "0.509 (range…", "pCi/L", "5 pCi/L (MCL)", "2023", "No violation." ], [ "Lead", "1.60 (90th…", "ppb", "15 ppb (action…", "2024", "0 of 20 samples exceeded the action level." ], [ "Copper", "0.741 (90th…", "ppm", "1.3 ppm (action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples exceeded the action level." ], [ "Nitrate", "<0.10", "ppm", "10 ppm (MCL)", "2025", "No violation." ], [ "Total Coliform", "0", "positive…", "0 (MCL)", "2025", "No violation, but Thurston separately failed to monitor for coliform as required in January 2025; a Feb 22, 2025 sample…" ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [], "stress": "Per Thurston's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report, an Ohio EPA source-water assessment rates the aquifer supplying Thurston's wells as having 'medium susceptibility to contamination' due to the depth to water and the material between the ground surface and the aquifer. Thurston participates in the Fairfield County Regional Wellhead…", "sew": { "s": "Thurston operates a municipal sanitary sewer system: per its 2021 water/sewer ordinance, sewer account deposit and refund policies are controlled by the Walnut Creek Sewer District, and a separate sewer rate ordinance (2018-11-01) sets sewer charges.", "st": "Not published in sources reviewed." }, "fun": [ "Thurston was originally platted as 'Bush City' in 1881 before being renamed Thurston when its post office opened.", "At its early-1900s peak, Thurston was a terminal for four divisions of the New York Central Railroad and was reportedly the only place in southeast Ohio where a train could turn a full 360 degrees; the last passenger…", "A 1976 village historical account noted officials were still hoping to break ground on Thurston's first municipal water system at that late date, meaning today's piped water system is a relatively recent addition.", "Thurston's population has been remarkably stable for a century: 394 in 1920, 603-604 in the 2020 census.", "A 1905 shirt-waist factory fire in the small village was reportedly visible for miles." ], "src": { "history": [ "http://thurstonohio.com/history", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston,_Ohio" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.thurstonohio.com/sites/default/files/2026-06/2025_ccr_report_0.pdf", "https://www.thurstonohio.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/2021-18ord.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://www.thurstonohio.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/2021-18ord.pdf" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.thurstonohio.com/sites/default/files/2026-06/2025_ccr_report_0.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.thurstonohio.com/sites/default/files/2026-06/2025_ccr_report_0.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.thurstonohio.com/sites/default/files/2024-01/2021-18ord.pdf", "http://thurstonohio.com/documents-forms" ], "fun_facts": [ "http://thurstonohio.com/history", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston,_Ohio" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43157", "share": 0.99, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH2302903.jpg", "caption": "Street view looking southeast from the Maple Street intersection in Thurston, Ohio", "credit": "Nyttend", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH2302903/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH2302903.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), \"Thurston Village · OH2302903\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH2302903/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }