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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH3300712",
  "name": "Mcguffey Village",
  "county": "Hardin",
  "population": 710,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
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  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1883",
        "A post office opened at the site that became McGuffey."
      ],
      [
        "1890",
        "The village was established and named for John McGuffey, who donated land for a railroad depot in exchange for naming rights."
      ],
      [
        "1896",
        "McGuffey was formally incorporated as a village."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "McGuffey draws on three groundwater wells and disinfects with chlorine; the resulting disinfection byproducts (TTHM 10.7 ppb, HAA5 0.717 ppb, both well under the 80/60 ppb limits, per EWG's EPA-sourced data) are consistent with simple chlorination rather than membrane filtration or other advanced…",
    "press": "Not published in any source located — no CCR, engineering report, or council record with pressure-zone or tank-elevation data was found.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No metered rate schedule was found in a published ordinance. A March 2026 village Facebook video referenced usage-based billing (roughly $3.50 per unit of gallons above a base…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "10.7",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2018-202…",
        "Well below the legal limit; lowest TTHM of the three systems in this batch."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)",
        "0.717",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2018-202…",
        "Well below the legal limit."
      ],
      [
        "Bromodichloromethane",
        "2.58",
        "ppb",
        "none (no…",
        "2018-202…",
        ""
      ],
      [
        "Dibromochloromethane",
        "4.10",
        "ppb",
        "none (no…",
        "2018-202…",
        ""
      ],
      [
        "Bromoform",
        "2.70",
        "ppb",
        "none (no…",
        "2018-202…",
        ""
      ],
      [
        "Chloroform",
        "1.43",
        "ppb",
        "none (no…",
        "2018-202…",
        ""
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "2.09",
        "ppm",
        "4…",
        "2018-202…",
        "Above EPA's non-enforceable 2.0 ppm secondary standard for dental fluorosis risk, but well under the enforceable 4.0…"
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "16.0",
        "ppb",
        "2000",
        "2018-202…",
        "Well below the legal limit."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Water tower repairs",
        null,
        "2026",
        "proposed",
        "Village council held an April 30, 2026 special work session on needed repairs to the municipal water tower; no cost estimate, timeline, or funding source has…"
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Own three-well groundwater supply is generally more drought-resilient than a surface source, and disinfection-byproduct levels are the lowest of the three systems in this batch, consistent with less chlorination demand and less organic precursor material. Fluoride at 2.09 ppm exceeds EPA's non-enforceable secondary (cosmetic) guideline…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Confirmed village-operated: an October 2023 special council meeting adopted ordinances waiving fees/penalties on unpaid 'water and sewer' bills tied to vacant properties (wktn.com), confirming the Village of McGuffey runs its own sanitary sewer utility alongside its water system. No treatment-plant name, capacity, or receiving stream was…",
      "st": "Not published in any source reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "The village is named for John McGuffey, who traded land for a railroad depot in exchange for having the town named after him in 1890.",
      "Its own three wells produce the lowest disinfection-byproduct levels of the three small systems examined in this batch.",
      "A post office at the site predates the village's own 1890 founding by seven years.",
      "The 2024 lead service-line inventory found zero confirmed lead pipes among 274 service lines, with just 8 of unknown material.",
      "In April 2026 the village council convened specifically to discuss repairs needed on the aging municipal water tower."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffey,_Ohio"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=OH3300712",
        "https://tap-truth.com/system/OH3300712",
        "https://filterfits.com/water-quality/ohio/mcguffey"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=OH3300712"
      ],
      "projects": [
        "https://wktn.com/news/mcguffey-village-council-holds-special-meeting-on-water-tower-repairs/"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=OH3300712"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://wktn.com/news/mcguffey-village-council-passes-water-and-sewer-billing-ordinances-and-appoints-a-member-to-bpa/"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffey,_Ohio",
        "https://tap-truth.com/system/OH3300712",
        "https://wktn.com/news/mcguffey-village-council-holds-special-meeting-on-water-tower-repairs/"
      ]
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    "url": "/photos/OH3300712.jpg",
    "caption": "McGuffey, Ohio village hall and post office",
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    "license": "Public domain"
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
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