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  "name": "Laurelville, Vlg Of",
  "county": "Hocking",
  "population": 586,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (2 wells)",
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  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 2,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1871",
        "Laurelville was founded by William A. Albin and Jacob Riegel as a planned center for commerce and transportation."
      ],
      [
        "1871 onward",
        "Arrival of the M&C Railroad made Laurelville a stop for travelers and merchants, spurring sawmills and dry-goods businesses."
      ],
      [
        "early 2020s",
        "The local elementary school was demolished following school district consolidation."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Confirmed via EPA's federal Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS): the village's only listed treatment process is post-hypochlorination (chlorine disinfection) of water drawn from its 2 groundwater wells. No filtration, aeration, or other treatment step is on file, and no published…",
    "press": "Not published; no source-water assessment, engineering report, or council document describing system pressure could be located.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No public rate schedule, ordinance, or utility billing page could be located online for this village of ~586 residents; the village does not appear to have a Municode/American…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "No source-water assessment, USGS aquifer stress data, or capacity study specific to this 2-well system was retrievable; unable to characterize stress with confidence for this small groundwater system serving under 600 people.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not confirmed whether Laurelville operates a municipal wastewater plant or relies on individual septic systems; no OEPA NPDES permit or council document describing sanitary sewer service was found.",
      "st": "Not published."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Laurelville is named for the mountain laurel that grows in the surrounding Hocking County hills.",
      "The village was deliberately founded in 1871 as a planned commerce and transportation center along the M&C Railroad, not an organic settlement.",
      "Three prehistoric Adena burial mounds sit near Laurelville (Karshner, George Deffenbaugh, and Edith Ross); the Karshner Mound is on the National Register of Historic Places.",
      "Laurelville was historically known as a fair town, hosting regional fairs that drew visitors from western Hocking County."
    ],
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      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurelville,_Ohio"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/treatment/pwsid/OH3700512/JSON"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurelville,_Ohio"
      ]
    }
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      "share": 1.0,
      "dominant": true
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      "zip": "43135",
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      "dominant": true
    }
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  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH3700512.jpg",
    "caption": "Looking east on Ohio Highway 180 in Adelphi, Ohio, the town served by Laurelville Village",
    "credit": "Aesopposea",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0"
  },
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
  "cite": "Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), \"Laurelville, Vlg Of · OH3700512\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3700512/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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