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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH3900811",
  "name": "Monroeville Village",
  "county": "Huron",
  "population": 1400,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "river",
  "label": "West Branch Huron River, stored in Monroeville's reservoir",
  "bodies": [
    "West Branch Huron River",
    "Monroeville Reservoir"
  ],
  "intakes": [
    "Reservoir",
    "Huron River"
  ],
  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "Monroeville pumps water from the West Branch Huron River into an upground storage reservoir before treatment; no purchased water.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/water-and-wastewater-department",
    "https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04198085/"
  ],
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  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Monroeville Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "136 Monroe St., Monroeville, OH 44847",
      "la": 41.2437,
      "lo": -82.7008,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "West Branch Huron River",
      "src": "West Branch Huron River, stored in Monroeville's reservoir",
      "cls": "river",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "West Branch Huron River intake/pump station",
          "wb": "West Branch Huron River",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "River pump station on the West Branch Huron River at approximately river mile 8.52, south of the village, which fills the village's upground storage reservoir",
          "la": 41.23,
          "lo": -82.69,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Monroeville Reservoir",
          "wb": "Off-stream storage reservoir filled from the West Branch Huron River",
          "role": "storage",
          "src": "Upground storage reservoir near the Monroeville WTP that holds river water pumped from the West Branch Huron River before treatment",
          "la": 41.244,
          "lo": -82.703,
          "pt": "approximate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1817",
        "Settlement laid out as 'Monroe,' named for President James Monroe; postal authorities later changed the name to Monroeville."
      ],
      [
        "1868",
        "Village officially incorporated."
      ],
      [
        "1974",
        "Octagonal John Hosford House (c.1856-62), Seth Brown House (1813), and Zion Episcopal Church listed on the National Register of Historic Places (listed May 3, 1974)."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "Council passed rate-review ordinances 2025-09 (sewer, passed June 10, 2025) and 2025-10 (water, passed Aug. 12, 2025) raising both water and sewer rates in phases, following an outside utility rate…"
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "Village permanently sealed off its last combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfall on November 14, 2025, completing its federally required Long-Term Control Plan; zero CSO discharge events occurred in…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Raw water is pumped from an intake on the West Branch Huron River into an upground storage reservoir on Farr Road, then treated at the Monroeville WTP (136 Monroe St.) with filtration (2025 turbidity 0.03-0.09 NTU, 100% of samples meeting the 0.3 NTU TT standard) and chlorine disinfection (2025…",
    "press": "Not published — no pressure or elevation data appears in the 2025 CCR, the village water/wastewater page, or the rate ordinances.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 10,
      "n": "Residential 'RW' water (Ord. 2025-10): $45.18 minimum for the first 2,000 gal, commencing the Dec. 2025 billing, rising to $47.44 with the July 2026 billing; usage above 2,000 gal…",
      "m": 168.49
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "TTHM",
        "49.38",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "By-product of chlorination; range 29.5-64.5 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "HAA5",
        "12.13",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "By-product of chlorination; range 0-16.6 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "1.34",
        "mg/L",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "Runoff/leaching source; range 0.19-1.34 mg/L; well within MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th pct.)",
        "0",
        "ug/L",
        "15 (AL)",
        "2024",
        "0 of 10 samples over the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th pct.)",
        "0.003",
        "mg/L",
        "1.3 (AL)",
        "2024",
        "0 of 10 samples over the action level; range 0.001-0.003 mg/L."
      ],
      [
        "Turbidity",
        "0.09",
        "NTU",
        "0.3 (TT, 95% of…",
        "2025",
        "Indicator of filtration effectiveness; range 0.03-0.09 NTU; 100% of samples met the standard."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.21",
        "mg/L",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "No fluoridation additive evident; low natural/residual level."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.0126",
        "mg/L",
        "2",
        "2025",
        "Discharge from drilling wastes/metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; well within MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Chromium",
        "3.3",
        "ug/L",
        "100",
        "2025",
        "Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits; well within MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Cyanide",
        "1",
        "ug/L",
        "200",
        "2025",
        "Discharge from steel/metal/plastic/fertilizer factories; well within MCL."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Combined Sewer Overflow permanent closure",
        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "CSO outfall to the West Branch Huron River sealed Nov. 14, 2025, completing the Long-Term Control Plan; zero overflow events in 2025 per the village's CSO…"
      ],
      [
        "Preliminary Sanitary Sewer Flow Monitoring Program",
        null,
        "2025",
        "under construction",
        "Manhole/basin flow monitoring, smoke testing and camera inspection of the sewer system as part of Nine Minimum Controls, confirmed in the 2025 CSO report."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Phased water and sewer rate increases",
        null,
        "2025-2026",
        "under construction",
        "Ordinances 2025-09 (sewer) and 2025-10 (water) raise rates in stages (Sept. 2025/June 2025 passage, billing changes Dec. 2025 and July 2026) per an outside…"
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Supply depends on a single surface-water source (West Branch Huron River pumped to an upground reservoir on Farr Road). The 2025 CCR's source-water assessment flags the protection area as containing agricultural, industrial storm water, gas station, auto repair, car wash, home construction, junk yard, landfill, septic system, wastewater…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Village-owned wastewater treatment plant (34 Hamilton St.) discharging to the West Branch Huron River; its combined sewer overflow outfall (adjacent to the WWTP discharge point) was permanently sealed Nov. 14, 2025, ending CSO events under its federal Long-Term Control Plan, per the village's 2025 CSO annual report.",
      "st": "Historically a combined sewer system with the sanitary sewer; CSO outfall now closed. No separate stormwater utility fee was identified in sources reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Monroeville stores its river-drawn water in a man-made 'upground reservoir' on Farr Road before treatment rather than pumping straight from the river.",
      "The village permanently sealed its last combined sewer overflow pipe on November 14, 2025, ending a decades-long federal CSO control obligation.",
      "It keeps a zero-use emergency backup connection to Northern Ohio Rural Water that delivered no water in 2025 and is used on average 0 days per year.",
      "The NRHP-listed, 1856-62-built octagonal John Hosford House still stands in this village of about 1,300 residents (2020 census)."
    ],
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      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroeville,_Ohio",
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/ORD 2025-09 SEWER RATES.pdf",
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/ORD 2025-10 WATER RATES NOV25-CURR.pdf",
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CSO REPORT.pdf"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CCR FINAL.pdf"
      ],
      "rates": [
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        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/ORD 2025-09 SEWER RATES.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CCR FINAL.pdf"
      ],
      "projects": [
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CSO REPORT.pdf"
      ],
      "planned": [
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/ORD 2025-09 SEWER RATES.pdf",
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/ORD 2025-10 WATER RATES NOV25-CURR.pdf"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CCR FINAL.pdf"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CSO REPORT.pdf",
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/water-and-wastewater-department"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CCR FINAL.pdf",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroeville,_Ohio",
        "https://www.monroevilleohio.com/pics/2025 CSO REPORT.pdf"
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