{
  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH3801412",
  "name": "Winesburg Area Development Corporation",
  "county": "Holmes",
  "population": 1575,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH3801412"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1829",
        "The community was founded under the name 'Weinsberg,' after a town in Germany."
      ],
      [
        "1833",
        "Postal authorities changed the spelling to 'Winesburg' when the post office opened."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Not verified from a primary source. The Winesburg Area Development Corporation (PWSID OH3801412) draws from three groundwater wells per Ohio EPA licensing records, but no CCR, engineering report, or treatment-process description is published online; the org's own website (winesburgwater.com) lists…",
    "press": "Not published; no CCR or engineering-report pressure figure located.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No published rate schedule found for this system; not billed through any source located online.",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Not established from verified sources. Winesburg is an unincorporated community (2020 Census population 340) served by a nonprofit development corporation's wellfield with an Ohio EPA-endorsed drinking water source protection plan (endorsed 4/15/25), but no contamination, susceptibility rating, or capacity-stress documentation was…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not verified from a primary source; many homes in unincorporated Holmes County communities are on individual septic systems, but this was not confirmed specifically for Winesburg.",
      "st": "Not verified from a primary source."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Winesburg was originally named 'Weinsberg' after a town in Germany before postal officials anglicized the spelling in 1833.",
      "Despite the identical name, this real Holmes County village is not the fictional setting of Sherwood Anderson's 1919 novel 'Winesburg, Ohio' (Wikipedia's article on the novel notes it is unrelated to the real community).",
      "The community sits on a ridge along U.S. Route 62 in the heart of Ohio's Amish country."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winesburg,_Holmes_County,_Ohio"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://edocpub.epa.ohio.gov/publicportal/ViewDocument.aspx?docid=3503787"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winesburg,_Holmes_County,_Ohio",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winesburg,_Ohio",
        "https://www.winesburgoh.numinousmedia.com/about-winesburg/history"
      ]
    }
  },
  "zips_served": [
    {
      "zip": "44690",
      "share": 1.0,
      "dominant": true
    },
    {
      "zip": "44624",
      "share": 0.0409,
      "dominant": true
    },
    {
      "zip": "44689",
      "share": 0.1246,
      "dominant": false
    }
  ],
  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH3801412.jpg",
    "caption": "The water tower in Winesburg, Ohio, serving the village's groundwater well system",
    "credit": "Decumanus at en.wikipedia",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0"
  },
  "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3801412/",
  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH3801412.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), \"Winesburg Area Development Corporation · OH3801412\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3801412/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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