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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH3500112",
  "name": "Deshler Village",
  "county": "Henry",
  "population": 1578,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (2 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 2,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH3500112"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1872",
        "A post office opened in the newly platted town site, at the junction of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad (formerly Dayton & Michigan) and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad."
      ],
      [
        "1873",
        "Deshler was platted by the Deshler Land Company and named for John G. Deshler, original owner of the town site; B&O railroad construction began the same year."
      ],
      [
        "1876",
        "The village of Deshler formally incorporated."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Village draws from two groundwater wells per system input; no CCR or engineering report describing the specific treatment train (disinfection, iron/manganese removal, etc.) could be retrieved this session — EWG's Deshler tap-water page and the village's own CCR link both returned access-blocked…",
    "press": "Not published — no CCR or engineering report with a pressure figure was located.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 10.25,
      "n": "Village of Deshler water rate is $10.25 per 1,000 gallons with a $34.90 minimum monthly charge (billed whether or not service is active); tap fee $1,200. Sewer is billed…",
      "m": 34.9
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Elevated water storage tank (water tower)",
        null,
        "2021",
        "proposed",
        "Village council approved an OPWC State Capital Improvement/Local Transportation funding application for a new elevated water storage tank in May 2021; current…"
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Not established from sources found; a two-well groundwater system serving under 1,600 people has inherently limited redundancy, but no documented drought, contamination, or capacity stress was located.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "The village has been undertaking an EPA-mandated project to separate sanitary sewer lines from its combined/older sewer system, financed via an OWDA loan (semi-annual payments of $39,342 over 20 years, secured by sewer revenues); a sewer rate/service ordinance was also under council review as of early 2025.",
      "st": "Not verified — village sewer-separation project referenced above implies at least part of the system was historically combined sanitary/storm, but no dedicated stormwater system documentation was located."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Deshler grew up around intersecting Baltimore & Ohio Railroad lines and was nicknamed 'The Crossroads of the B&O'; the town's street grid follows the rail lines rather than a conventional grid.",
      "The village site originally lay within the Great Black Swamp, a wet, tree-covered area before drainage and settlement.",
      "The village's historic railroad depot, a longtime local landmark, was demolished on August 11, 2022."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshler,_Ohio",
        "https://lib.bgsu.edu/findingaids/repositories/4/resources/1628"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://villageofdeshler.com/utilities"
      ],
      "projects": [
        "https://www.northwestsignal.net/news/article_57b0429c-388b-11ef-be61-6bd34f1d0527.html"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.northwestsignal.net/news/article_1ca71a52-febc-11ef-a636-cf4b52557ef7.html"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshler,_Ohio"
      ]
    }
  },
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      "zip": "43516",
      "share": 0.5602,
      "dominant": true
    }
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  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH3500112.jpg",
    "caption": "General view of Deshler, Ohio, a Henry County village supplied by two groundwater wells",
    "credit": "Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0"
  },
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  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH3500112.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), \"Deshler Village · OH3500112\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3500112/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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