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  "name": "Stratton",
  "county": "Jefferson",
  "population": 320,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (2 wells)",
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  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1960",
        "W.H. Sammis coal power plant, the village's major industrial neighbor along the Ohio River, began operating (2.23 GW capacity per Wikipedia)."
      ],
      [
        "2002",
        "Village of Stratton lost Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton at the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck down its door-to-door canvassing/permit ordinance as…"
      ],
      [
        "2018",
        "A non-health-based 'other' administrative violation opened November 29, 2018 remains open as of the latest EPA ECHO data."
      ],
      [
        "2023",
        "The nearby Sammis power plant ceased operations."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "A health-based treatment-technique violation and a related reporting violation opened October 17, 2024; both returned to compliance by around December 2025."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "EPA treatment records for the Stratton plant show an orthophosphate corrosion inhibitor, post-treatment gaseous chlorination for disinfection, and ion exchange — indicating the system also softens water in addition to disinfecting and controlling corrosion.",
    "press": "Not published — no pressure-zone or engineering data found.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "Current residential water rate not published in any source found; no village website or online rate ordinance located.",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Village sits along the Ohio River in a former coal-power-plant company town; no published data on groundwater capacity or contamination-specific stress for its two wells was found. EPA compliance data shows one long-open non-health-based violation (since 2018) and a 2024 health-based treatment-technique violation resolved within about a…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not identified in sources reviewed.",
      "st": "Not published in sources reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Stratton, population about 320 served by its water system, became internationally known through a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court free-speech case over its door-to-door solicitation ordinance.",
      "The village was long overshadowed by the adjacent 2.23-gigawatt W.H. Sammis coal plant, which began operating in 1960 and shut down in 2023.",
      "The village's water treatment plant uses ion exchange, meaning it softens the water in addition to disinfecting it and controlling corrosion with an orthophosphate inhibitor."
    ],
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      ],
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    "url": "/photos/OH4102512.jpg",
    "caption": "Ohio SR 7 approaching Stratton from Empire, the two towns served by this system",
    "credit": "Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's C",
    "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), \"Stratton · OH4102512\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4102512/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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