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  "label": "Great Miami/Mad River Buried Valley Aquifer (base wells, Area B)",
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  "notes": "Same regional sole-source buried valley aquifer as Area A; system operated with American Water; PFAS contamination has affected some base wells.",
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    "https://authoring-amwater-prod.awapps.com/corp/resources/wrightpattersonafbareaB.pdf",
    "https://www.usgs.gov/publications/hydrogeology-simulated-ground-water-flow-and-ground-water-quality-wright-patterson-air"
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      "a": "Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Dayton, OH 45433",
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          "n": "Area B Well Field",
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          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Main base well field near Huffman Prairie in the Mad River valley, feeding the Area B plant's STU1/STU2 treatment units; matches all 7 EPA-active wells for this system. (7 wells)",
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            "Well 5",
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            "Well 2B"
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          "n": "East Well Field",
          "wb": "Great Miami/Mad River Buried Valley Aquifer (sand-and-gravel outwash), same regional aquifer system as Area B",
          "role": "backup",
          "src": "Smaller alternate well field (reported at roughly three wells) used as backup/emergency supply near streams east of the main base water system; not among the wells EPA currently lists as active for this PWSID.",
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        "https://authoring-amwater-prod.awapps.com/corp/resources/wrightpattersonafbareaB.pdf"
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        "https://authoring-amwater-prod.awapps.com/corp/resources/wrightpattersonafbareaB.pdf"
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        "https://www.amwater.com/ccr/wrightpattersonafb.pdf",
        "https://www.wyso.org/news/2025-06-10/how-wright-patt-is-removing-cancer-linked-pfas-from-its-water",
        "https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2025/06/06/wpafb-shows-pfas-response-efforts"
      ],
      "planned": [
        "https://www.wpafb.af.mil/Portals/60/WPAFB%20Notification%20of%20PFAS%20National%20Primary%20Drinking%20Water%20Regulations_24%20Jan%202025.pdf",
        "https://www.wpafb.af.mil/Portals/60/PFAS%20QUESTIONS%20AND%20ANSWERS%2031%20Mar%2025.pdf",
        "https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/wright-patterson-air-force-base-pfas-water-testing-report-march-18/",
        "https://www.wosu.org/2025-05-15/what-to-know-about-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-and-around-wright-patterson-air-force-base"
      ],
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        "https://www.amwater.com/ccr/wrightpattersonafb.pdf",
        "https://www.usgs.gov/publications/hydrogeology-simulated-ground-water-flow-and-ground-water-quality-wright-patterson-air",
        "https://www.wyso.org/news/2025-06-10/how-wright-patt-is-removing-cancer-linked-pfas-from-its-water"
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    "caption": "Main Gate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Area B, Dayton, Ohio (HAER documentation photo)",
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
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