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  "pwsid": "OH4000003",
  "name": "Coalton",
  "county": "Jackson",
  "population": 663,
  "producer": false,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Teays River Buried Valley Aquifer (own wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": null,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
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  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1900",
        "Coalton's population peaked at 1,625 residents (the 1890 figure of 1,459 was not the peak, as an earlier draft stated)."
      ],
      [
        "1900-1910",
        "Population fell about 31.6% as the coal-mining economy declined."
      ],
      [
        "2020",
        "Census recorded 445 residents, down about 73% from the 1900 peak of 1,625."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Coalton treats no water of its own; it purchases finished water from Jackson County Water Company, which draws on the Teays River Buried Valley Aquifer. No source describing Jackson County Water Company's own treatment process (filtration, disinfection, etc.) could be located.",
    "press": "Not published for Coalton or Jackson County Water Company in any source reviewed.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No water rate schedule for Coalton or its wholesale supplier, Jackson County Water Company, is published online. Not independently confirmed.",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "The Teays River Buried Valley Aquifer is a regionally significant glacial buried-valley aquifer in southern Ohio. No source reviewed reported specific contamination, depletion, or capacity issues for this supply; buried-valley aquifers of this type are generally understood to be more vulnerable to surface contamination given shallow…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not confirmed by any source reviewed; unclear whether Coalton has a municipal sanitary sewer or relies on individual septic systems.",
      "st": "Not published in any source reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Coalton takes its name from Coal Township, reflecting its 19th-century coal-mining economy.",
      "Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes, who served two non-consecutive terms (1963-1971 and 1975-1983), was born in Coalton on September 13, 1909.",
      "Coalton has no wells or treatment plant of its own; it buys finished water wholesale from Jackson County Water Company, which draws on the Teays River Buried Valley Aquifer."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalton,_Ohio"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalton,_Ohio",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Rhodes"
      ]
    }
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      "share": 1.0,
      "dominant": true
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      "zip": "45692",
      "share": 0.005,
      "dominant": false
    }
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  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH4000003.jpg",
    "caption": "Historic National Register building (former Miners' Supply store) in Coalton, Ohio",
    "credit": "Don O'Brien",
    "license": "CC BY 2.0"
  },
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  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH4000003.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), \"Coalton · OH4000003\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4000003/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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