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  "name": "Wauseon City",
  "county": "Fulton",
  "population": 7568,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "river",
  "label": "Maumee River (via Napoleon pipeline) + Big Ditch/Stucky Ditch, in reservoirs",
  "bodies": [
    "Maumee River",
    "Big Ditch",
    "Stucky Ditch"
  ],
  "intakes": [
    "Napoleon Maumee River",
    "Stucky Ditch Creek",
    "Big Ditch"
  ],
  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "Two upground reservoirs (Little ~70MG, Big ~271MG) are filled from Big Ditch and Stucky Ditch creeks plus a newer pipeline bringing raw Maumee River water from Napoleon; the same line can send reservoir water back to Napoleon in reverse when needed.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/water-treatment-plant",
    "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif6626/f/pages/2021_ccr_report.pdf"
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  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Wauseon Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "14514 County Road C, Wauseon, OH 43567",
      "la": 41.513,
      "lo": -84.152,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Maumee River",
      "src": "Maumee River (via Napoleon pipeline) + Big Ditch/Stucky Ditch, in reservoirs",
      "cls": "river",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Stucky Ditch intake",
          "wb": "Stucky Ditch",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "Creek pump station east of the plant (field and city street runoff) that fills the city's upground reservoirs",
          "la": 41.513,
          "lo": -84.15,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Big Ditch intake",
          "wb": "Big Ditch",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "Creek pump station west of the plant (mainly agricultural field runoff) that fills the city's upground reservoirs",
          "la": 41.513,
          "lo": -84.156,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Napoleon Maumee River intake",
          "wb": "Maumee River",
          "role": "backup",
          "src": "Napoleon's raw-water intake on West Riverview Ave (across from Haley St); a cross-city pipeline lets Wauseon draw Maumee River water when the two ditches run low or Napoleon needs Wauseon's stored water in return",
          "la": 41.393,
          "lo": -84.126,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Big Reservoir",
          "wb": "Wauseon upground reservoir (271 MG, ~50 acres)",
          "role": "storage",
          "src": "Larger of two upground reservoirs south of Wauseon holding water pumped from Big Ditch, Stucky Ditch, and the Napoleon/Maumee pipeline before treatment",
          "la": 41.513,
          "lo": -84.1523,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Little Reservoir",
          "wb": "Wauseon upground reservoir (70 MG, ~15 acres)",
          "role": "storage",
          "src": "Smaller of two upground reservoirs south of Wauseon holding pumped creek/pipeline water before treatment",
          "la": 41.511,
          "lo": -84.15,
          "pt": "approximate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1989",
        "Wauseon's wastewater treatment plant began operations on February 27, 1989, after nearly a decade of preliminary planning."
      ],
      [
        "2001",
        "In August 2001 Wauseon's reservoir began receiving Maumee River water through a new raw-water line from Napoleon; since then most of the city's drinking water has come from the Maumee rather than…"
      ],
      [
        "2023",
        "Triennial lead and copper distribution sampling: 0 of 20 samples over the action level, with lead at the 90th percentile non-detectable."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "The water plant is operating under a conditional license to operate, placed under Ohio EPA findings and orders for past total trihalomethane (TTHM) violations; the unconditional license returns once…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Class 3 lime/soda softening plant at 14514 County Road C, treating about 1 million gallons per day with capacity for 3 MGD; not automated, so staff run it 12 hours a day, 365 days a year. Raw water comes from two upground reservoirs — a 50-acre basin holding 350 million usable gallons and a 15-acre…",
    "press": "Not published. The city documents finished storage in detail (two elevated towers totaling 1 million gallons, 1 million gallons underground at the plant, and a 100,000-gallon…",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "Not published online. The Water Department page (230 Clinton Street) covers starting service, the $125 security deposit for lease holders, ACH enrollment and the online payment…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total trihalomethanes (site DS202)",
        "60.9",
        "ppb",
        "80 (MCL…",
        "2025",
        "Range 47.6-77.1 ppb. The highest running annual average in 2025 was 72.58 ppb in the second quarter. No violation in…"
      ],
      [
        "Total haloacetic acids (site DS201)",
        "30.7",
        "ppb",
        "60 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 22.7-45.3 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "Total haloacetic acids (site DS202)",
        "28.1",
        "ppb",
        "60 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 19.2-42.8 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "Total trihalomethanes (site DS201)",
        "17.7",
        "ppb",
        "80 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 6.4-28.7 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "1.85",
        "ppm",
        "10 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.2-1.85 ppm. Runoff from fertilizer use."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.12",
        "ppm",
        "4.0 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.93-1.12 ppm; added at the plant as hydrofluorosilicic acid."
      ],
      [
        "Total chlorine",
        "1.30",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 1.0-1.57 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Atrazine",
        "0.12",
        "ppb",
        "3 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range ND-0.16 ppb. Runoff from herbicide used on row crops."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.013",
        "ppm",
        "2 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        ""
      ],
      [
        "Turbidity",
        "0.8",
        "NTU…",
        "Treatment…",
        "2025",
        "Highest of 22,069 samples run in 2025; lowest monthly percentage meeting the limit was 99.9996%."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Napoleon-to-Wauseon raw water pipeline",
        null,
        "2001",
        "completed",
        "Brought Maumee River water into Wauseon's reservoir starting August 2001 and has supplied most of the city's water since. Reversible, so reservoir water can be…"
      ],
      [
        "Wauseon wastewater treatment plant",
        null,
        "1989",
        "completed",
        "1.5 MGD advanced secondary water reclamation plant on 11 acres north of Leggett Street, online 27 February 1989 after nearly a decade of planning; site has…"
      ],
      [
        "Trihalomethane reduction improvements at the water plant",
        null,
        "2025",
        "under construction",
        "The 2025 CCR states the plant made several operational changes to bring TTHM numbers down, undertaken under Ohio EPA findings and orders; the conditional…"
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Further trihalomethane improvements at the county public works site and throughout the distribution system",
        null,
        "",
        "planned",
        "Named in the 2025 CCR as continuing work to reduce disinfection byproducts. No cost, scope or schedule published."
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Quantity risk is real but engineered around. The two upground reservoirs hold about 440 million usable gallons but are fed by only 6.6 square miles of creek runoff, which is precisely why the Napoleon line exists: since August 2001 most of Wauseon's water has come from the Maumee River rather than from Big Ditch and Stuckey Ditch.…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "City-operated 1.5 MGD advanced secondary water reclamation plant at 945 E Leggett Street, on an 11-acre site on the east edge of town, in service since 27 February 1989 with room to expand to a 4.4 MGD peak. Flow arrives from the north and south ends of the system, combines at the head of the plant and is lifted by screw pumps high…",
      "st": "No separate storm sewer system or stormwater utility fee is published. Wauseon's collection system is explicitly a partially combined system that receives both storm water and sanitary flow and conveys both to the wastewater treatment plant — and the city's…"
    },
    "fun": [
      "The raw-water line between Wauseon and Napoleon runs both directions: Wauseon can pull Maumee River water in, or push its own reservoir water back to Napoleon to be treated there when the river is too dirty. It never…",
      "Wauseon's reservoirs are upground basins, not dammed valleys — a 50-acre one holding 350 million usable gallons and a 15-acre one holding 90 million, filled by pump stations on two farm ditches that drain just 6.6…",
      "The plant ran 22,069 turbidity samples in 2025. The single cloudiest reading all year was 0.8 NTU, and the worst month still met the standard 99.9996% of the time.",
      "Wauseon's water is softened the old-fashioned way, with lime and soda ash — a class 3 lime/soda softening plant whose chemical list runs to nine items including potassium permanganate and carbon dioxide.",
      "The city sells treated water beyond its own limits: it supplies the Village of Lyons, and Fulton County's 100,000-gallon fairgrounds tank is part of the Wauseon system."
    ],
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        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/wastewater-treatment-plant"
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        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif6626/f/pages/2025_ccr_rpt_0.pdf"
      ],
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        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif6626/f/pages/2025_ccr_rpt_0.pdf"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/water-department",
        "https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wauseon/latest/overview"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif6626/f/pages/2025_ccr_rpt_0.pdf",
        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/water-treatment-plant/pages/consumer-confidence-reports"
      ],
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        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/water-treatment-plant",
        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/wastewater-treatment-plant"
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      "planned": [
        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif6626/f/pages/2025_ccr_rpt_0.pdf"
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      "water_stress": [
        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif6626/f/pages/2025_ccr_rpt_0.pdf",
        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/water-treatment-plant"
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        "https://www.cityofwauseon.com/sites/g/files/vyhlif6626/f/pages/2025_ccr_rpt_0.pdf"
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