{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH3200111", "name": "Findlay City", "county": "Hancock", "population": 54040, "producer": true, "source_class": "reservoir", "label": "Findlay's two upground reservoirs, filled by pumping from the Blanchard River", "bodies": [ "Blanchard River", "Findlay Reservoir 1", "Findlay Reservoir 2" ], "intakes": [ "Reservoir", "Blanchard River" ], "wells": 0, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Findlay's two reservoirs are filled from the Blanchard River (primary intake), with a direct river intake used as backup; own_intakes list both 'INTAKE BLANCHARD RIVER' and a 'BACKUP' river intake alongside the reservoir intake, confirming the river feeds the reservoirs.", "urls": [ "https://www.findlayohio.gov/government/city-departments/water/reservoir", "https://www.findlayohio.gov/government/city-departments/water/water-treatment-plant" ], "chain": [ "OH3200111" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Findlay Water Treatment Plant", "a": "110 North Blanchard Street, Findlay, OH 45840", "la": 41.0419, "lo": -83.6414, "pt": "plant", "wb": "Blanchard River / Findlay Upground Reservoirs", "src": "Blanchard River, pumped into the two Findlay upground reservoirs east of the city in Marion Township (with a direct river intake as backup)", "cls": "reservoir", "in": [ { "n": "Findlay Reservoir intake", "wb": "Findlay Upground Reservoirs 1 and 2 (stored Blanchard River water)", "role": "primary", "src": "The withdrawal structure at the reservoir complex east of Findlay in Marion Township; the city states the plant is supplied by these two reservoirs, so this is the day-to-day raw-water source", "la": 41.0193, "lo": -83.5708, "pt": "approximate" }, { "n": "Blanchard River pump station", "wb": "Blanchard River", "role": "primary", "src": "Pumps on the Blanchard River where it runs alongside the reservoirs east of Findlay; the city says water is pumped from the adjacent river into Reservoir 2 to refill the storage", "la": 41.03, "lo": -83.572, "pt": "approximate" }, { "n": "Blanchard River backup intake", "wb": "Blanchard River", "role": "backup", "src": "A second, backup withdrawal point on the Blanchard River listed by Ohio EPA; the city does not publish its location or when it is used" }, { "n": "Reservoir 2", "wb": "Blanchard River (stored, upground reservoir)", "role": "storage", "src": "645-acre, roughly 5-billion-gallon upground reservoir east of Findlay in Marion Township, built 1968 as the first reservoir of the Northwest Ohio Water Development Plan; the reservoir the river pumps fill", "la": 41.0193, "lo": -83.5708, "pt": "approximate" }, { "n": "Reservoir 1", "wb": "Blanchard River (stored, upground reservoir)", "role": "storage", "src": "186-acre, 1.4-billion-gallon upground reservoir sharing a mile-long dike with Reservoir 2, built 1950 as Findlay's original municipal storage", "la": 41.0133, "lo": -83.5659, "pt": "approximate" } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1913", "The Great Flood of March 1913 struck Findlay along the Blanchard River; specific crest, discharge and damage figures could not be verified from a live source." ], [ "2007", "A major August 2007 Blanchard River flood hit Findlay; the crest and damage totals could not be confirmed because the cited news source is inaccessible." ], [ "2024", "Water rates rose effective January 1, 2024, the first increase in more than a decade, adding about $70 a year for an average two-person household." ] ], "treat": "Blanchard River water is pumped into two upground reservoirs east of the city, with a direct river intake as backup; EPA classifies Findlay as a surface-water system. The plant's specific treatment train is not confirmed in accessible sources.", "press": "not published; no citywide average psi figure or pressure-zone map was found, and the city website blocks automated access.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Rate increase effective Jan 1, 2024, about $70/year more for an average two-person household. No verifiable per-unit rate or fixed charge was found.", "m": null }, "imp": [], "proj": [], "plan": [], "stress": "Findlay's reservoirs and river intake sit in a flood-prone Blanchard River corridor, and the city has pursued river flood-mitigation work. Specific supply-capacity, drought, algal or contamination pressures could not be confirmed in accessible sources.", "sew": { "s": "The city operates its own wastewater treatment plant, but its rated capacity, average flow, receiving stream and any combined-sewer or consent-decree status could not be confirmed; the city website blocks automated access.", "st": "Separate-vs-combined sewer configuration and any stormwater utility fee could not be confirmed in accessible sources." }, "fun": [ "Findlay draws its drinking water from two man-made 'upground' reservoirs east of the city rather than straight from the Blanchard River, which is pumped uphill to fill them.", "Federal drinking-water records list Findlay as a surface-water system serving 54,040 people through 20,246 service connections." ] }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45840", "share": 0.8647, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH3200111.jpg", "caption": "The Findlay, Ohio water treatment plant", "credit": "Mbrickn", "license": "CC BY 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3200111/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH3200111.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), \"Findlay City ยท OH3200111\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3200111/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }