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  "name": "Highland County Water Company, Inc.",
  "county": "Highland",
  "population": 28421,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Sand-and-gravel aquifer wells (Ross/Highland Co. well fields; local wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 9,
  "aquifer": "Quaternary sand-and-gravel aquifer (Falls Road, Bainbridge, and Paint Creek well fields)",
  "notes": "Nine wells across three well fields (Falls Road and Bainbridge in Ross Co., Paint Creek in eastern Highland Co.) feed a treatment plant near Rainsboro for iron/manganese removal.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.highlandcountywater.com/where-your-water-comes"
  ],
  "chain": [
    "OH3600514"
  ],
  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Highland County Water Company Treatment Plant",
      "a": "Highland County, Ohio (exact address not confirmed)",
      "la": 39.2003,
      "lo": -83.611,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Sand-and-gravel buried-valley aquifer (Ross/Highland County well fields)",
      "src": "Wells in sand-and-gravel aquifers at local well fields spanning Ross and Highland Counties; specific wellfield sites not verified this session (web search budget exhausted before this system could be researched)",
      "cls": "groundwater",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Falls Road Well Field",
          "wb": "Quaternary sand-and-gravel aquifer",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "2 wells in Ross County; backup generator installed at this field in 2016 (2 wells)",
          "la": 39.2003,
          "lo": -83.611,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Bainbridge Well Field",
          "wb": "Quaternary sand-and-gravel aquifer",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "3 wells located in Ross County near Bainbridge (3 wells)",
          "la": 39.2003,
          "lo": -83.611,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Paint Creek Well Field",
          "wb": "Quaternary sand-and-gravel aquifer along Paint Creek",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "4 wells in eastern Highland County, the largest of the three fields serving the Rainsboro-area treatment plant (4 wells)",
          "la": 39.2003,
          "lo": -83.611,
          "pt": "approximate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "facts": {},
  "zips_served": [
    {
      "zip": "45133",
      "share": 0.0965,
      "dominant": false
    }
  ],
  "photo": null,
  "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3600514/",
  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH3600514.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), \"Highland County Water Company, Inc. · OH3600514\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3600514/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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}