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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH3800012",
  "name": "Berlin Water Company",
  "county": "Holmes",
  "population": 1896,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (4 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 4,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH3800012"
  ],
  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Berlin Water Company plant (STU 2 and STU 5 treatment units)",
      "a": "Berlin, OH 44610 (Berlin Water Company plant, exact street address unconfirmed)",
      "la": 40.5473,
      "lo": -81.7834,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Local groundwater aquifer",
      "src": "Four village wells feeding two treatment units (STU 2, STU 5) at one plant site in Berlin, blended before distribution",
      "cls": "groundwater"
    }
  ],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1954",
        "Berlin Water Company founded as a 501(c)(12) nonprofit mutual water corporation, per its nonprofit registry record (IRS-filing-based)."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "Company held an unconditioned Ohio EPA license to operate its water system, per its 2024 Consumer Confidence Report."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Berlin Water Company draws its drinking water from three (3) groundwater wells located north of Berlin on Township Roads 361 and 362, per its 2024 CCR. (The input's claim of 4 wells and named 'STU 2/STU 5' treatment units at the plant could not be corroborated by the CCR or any other source found…",
    "press": "Not published - no pressure information found in the CCR or on the company's website.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No published rate schedule found online; the company's site (berlinohwater.com) lists only contacts and its CCR, not a rates page, and no rate ordinance or board-minutes document…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Gross Alpha (radioactive)",
        "3.20",
        "pCi/L",
        "15",
        "2024",
        "Range of detections 1.48-4.92 pCi/L; no violation. MCLG 0. Typical source: erosion of natural deposits."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine (residual disinfectant)",
        "1.56",
        "ppm",
        "MRDL=4",
        "2024",
        "Range 1.46-1.67 ppm; no violation. Water additive used to control microbes."
      ],
      [
        "Lead",
        "0.9",
        "ppb (90th…",
        "AL=15",
        "2024",
        "0 of 10 samples exceeded the 15 ppb action level. Corrosion of household plumbing/natural erosion."
      ],
      [
        "Copper",
        "0.366",
        "ppm (90th…",
        "AL=1.3",
        "2024",
        "1 of 10 samples exceeded the 1.3 ppm action level. Corrosion of household plumbing/natural erosion."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.103",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.0705-0.103 ppm; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.40",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.32-0.40 ppm; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "0.5",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2023",
        "By-product of chlorination; no violation, far below MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Thallium",
        "<1",
        "ppb",
        "2",
        "2024",
        "MCLG 0.5; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Other (non-health-based, code 72)",
        "N/A",
        "violation",
        "N/A",
        "2021-202…",
        "EPA federal SDWIS/ECHO record shows five separate non-health-based 'Other' violations with compliance periods opening…"
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment (cited in the 2024 CCR) rates the aquifer supplying Berlin Water Company as having 'moderate susceptibility to contamination,' recommending protective measures, but no water-quantity/supply stress is described.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Berlin Water Company is a water-only mutual company; no sewer service found or implied in its CCR or website.",
      "st": "Not applicable/not found."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Berlin Water Company is a 501(c)(12) nonprofit mutual water corporation founded in 1954, still governed by a monthly board meeting (3rd Tuesday, Berlin Township Community Building) rather than a municipal utility…",
      "Per its 2024 CCR, the company tested for 35 different contaminants that year and detected only trace, well-under-limit levels of eight of them (including gross alpha radioactivity and disinfection byproducts)."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/berlin-water-company,346551721/",
        "https://berlinohwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-CCR.final_.pdf"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://berlinohwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-CCR.final_.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://berlinohwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-CCR.final_.pdf",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH3800012/JSON"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://berlinohwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-CCR.final_.pdf"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://berlinohwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-CCR.final_.pdf"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/berlin-water-company,346551721/",
        "https://berlinohwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-CCR.final_.pdf"
      ]
    }
  },
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      "dominant": true
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      "zip": "44654",
      "share": 0.0343,
      "dominant": false
    }
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  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH3800012.jpg",
    "caption": "Main Street, Berlin, Ohio, Holmes County",
    "credit": "Chris Light",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0"
  },
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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), \"Berlin Water Company · OH3800012\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3800012/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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