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Ten children died — the…" ], [ "1990s", "Village begins partnering with the Fulton County and Lenawee County (Michigan) Soil and Water Conservation Districts to fund and promote wetland restoration and conservation measures in the Tiffin…" ], [ "1997", "Ohio EPA recognized the Archbold Water Department as an 'Outstanding Water System' with its Award of Excellence." ], [ "2003", "Ohio EPA source water assessment completed for the village; the Tiffin River/Brush Creek supply is rated highly susceptible to contamination." ], [ "2012", "Village developed a local drinking water source protection plan with Ohio EPA assistance, including ongoing Tiffin River monitoring and contacts with watershed groups in Michigan." ] ], "treat": "Raw water is pumped from the Tiffin River and Brush Creek into two above-ground reservoirs at the plant at 700 North Street, then treated at a Class IV surface water plant rated by Ohio EPA at 7.6 mgd, producing about 1.8 mgd on average. Treatment is conventional filtration with chlorination and…", "press": "Not published — no psi figure or pressure-zone map appears in the 2025 CCR or on any village utility page. The village does publish that the system holds 2,000,000 gallons of…", "rate": { "g": 4.74, "n": "Ordinance 2025-37, passed on third reading October 20, 2025 and effective November 19, 2025, sets the 2026 rate schedule that began with the January 1, 2026 billing for December…", "m": 33.21 }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "46.5", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Highest compliance value; range 17.3-46.5 ppb. Byproduct of chlorinating a surface water source." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "16.2", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Highest compliance value; range 5.0-16.2 ppb." ], [ "Nitrate", "1.62", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Range 0.00-1.62 ppm. The CCR notes the Tiffin River carries seasonally high nitrate from agricultural runoff." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.29", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Range 0.84-1.29 ppm; water additive plus erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.23 (highest)", "NTU", "TT: 0.3 NTU in…", "2025", "Range 0.04-0.23 NTU; lowest monthly percentage of samples meeting the limit was 100%." ], [ "Total Organic Carbon (TOC)", "2.20 (removal…", "ratio", "TT: ratio must…", "2025", "Range 1.6-2.9. Reported as the ratio of TOC actually removed to TOC required to be removed; above 1 means compliance." ], [ "Copper", "0.038 (90th…", "ppm", "1.3 (Action…", "2025", "June-September 2025 monitoring; range 0.007-0.123 ppm, highest single measurement 0.123 ppm. Zero of 20 samples…" ], [ "Lead", "<4 (90th…", "ppb", "15 (Action…", "2025", "Highest single measurement also <4 ppb. The system contains no lead service lines on either the village side or the…" ], [ "Barium", "0.010", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Erosion of natural deposits, drilling waste discharge, metal refineries." ], [ "Total Chlorine", "1.3", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 1.1-1.5 ppm; disinfectant residual." ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [], "stress": "Ohio EPA's 2003 source water assessment rates Archbold's supply as highly susceptible to contamination — the default for all surface waters, which are accessible and have short travel times from source to intake. The CCR names an unusually long list of threats in the protection area: agricultural runoff, industrial stormwater, gas…", "sew": { "s": "Village-owned wastewater treatment plant with 2.5 mgd design flow and 5.0 mgd peak flow plus overflow retention capability. Treatment is activated sludge with secondary settling and UV disinfection, and from September through May operators run a Biological Nutrient Removal process to strip phosphorus biologically. Effluent discharges to…", "st": "Separate storm sewer system. No stormwater utility fee, drainage plan, or flooding problem is published on the village site." }, "fun": [ "Archbold's plant draws raw water from two different streams — the Tiffin River and Brush Creek — and banks it in two above-ground reservoirs at the plant, pumping from the river only when the water quality is good.", "The system has no lead service lines at all, on either the village side or the owner's side, verified through department records, construction inspections, on-site inspections and meter installations — unusual for a…", "Because the Brunersburg Water District-Evansport, which buys Archbold water, once exceeded the disinfection-byproduct limit at its own master meter, Ohio rules have required Archbold to sample water quality at that…", "Ohio EPA singled out Archbold as an 'Outstanding Water System' with its Award of Excellence in 1997.", "A village of about 5,600 people runs a 7.6 mgd plant and sells water on to Elmira, Burlington, Pettisville, Ridgeville and Evansport — while averaging only about 1.8 mgd of production." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbold,_Ohio", "https://www.archbold.com/Documents/Departments/Water/2025-CCR.pdf", "https://www.archbold.com/departments/water/index.php" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.archbold.com/departments/water/index.php", "https://www.archbold.com/Documents/Departments/Water/2025-CCR.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.archbold.com/departments/water/index.php", "https://www.archbold.com/Documents/Departments/Water/2025-CCR.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://www.archbold.com/Documents/Departments/Water/Ordinance%202025-37%20-%20Water%20Rates.pdf" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.archbold.com/Documents/Departments/Water/2025-CCR.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.archbold.com/Documents/Departments/Water/2025-CCR.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.archbold.com/departments/wastewater.php", "https://www.archbold.com/departments/water/index.php" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.archbold.com/Documents/Departments/Water/2025-CCR.pdf", "https://www.archbold.com/departments/water/index.php", "https://www.archbold.com/departments/wastewater.php" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43502", "share": 0.6246, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH2600011.jpg", "caption": "Birdseye view of Archbold, Ohio, looking southeast", "credit": "snelson951", "license": "CC0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH2600011/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH2600011.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), \"Archbold Village · OH2600011\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH2600011/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }