{
  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH3946712",
  "name": "Northern Ohio Rural Water-south District",
  "county": "Huron",
  "population": 5226,
  "producer": false,
  "source_class": "erie",
  "label": "Lake Erie (via Sandusky Big Island WTP through Erie Co. Margaretta District), plus Willard Reservoir",
  "bodies": [
    "Lake Erie",
    "West Branch Huron River / Willard Reservoir"
  ],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": null,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "NORW's own website states the South District's primary source is Erie County's Margaretta District, which resells City of Sandusky Big Island WTP water drawn from Lake Erie; Willard City supplies portions of the district from the Willard Reservoir/West Branch Huron River as a secondary source.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.norw.org/where-your-water-comes"
  ],
  "chain": [
    "OH3946712",
    "OH2200203",
    "OH2201411"
  ],
  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "City of Sandusky Big Island Water Treatment Plant (via Erie Co. Margaretta Water",
      "a": "2425 First St, Sandusky, OH 44870",
      "la": 41.474,
      "lo": -82.679,
      "pt": "intake",
      "wb": "Lake Erie",
      "src": "Lake Erie, intake pipe about 3/4 mile offshore near Battery Park/Boalt's Point on Sandusky Bay side, feeding the Big Island Water Works plant",
      "cls": "erie",
      "k": "OH2201411#0",
      "of": "OH2201411"
    },
    {
      "n": "City of Willard Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "540 Central Ave, Willard, OH 44890",
      "la": 41.052,
      "lo": -82.712,
      "pt": "intake",
      "wb": "Willard Reservoir (up-ground reservoir) fed from the West Branch of the Huron River",
      "src": "Willard Up-Ground Reservoir, a 215-acre man-made reservoir about 3 miles east of Willard, filled by pumping from the West Branch of the Huron River",
      "cls": "reservoir",
      "k": "OH3901511#0",
      "of": "OH3901511"
    }
  ],
  "facts": {},
  "zips_served": [],
  "photo": null,
  "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3946712/",
  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH3946712.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), \"Northern Ohio Rural Water-south District · OH3946712\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH3946712/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
  "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json"
}