{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH4102811", "name": "Toronto", "county": "Jefferson", "population": 5676, "producer": true, "source_class": "ohio", "label": "Ohio River", "bodies": [ "Ohio River" ], "intakes": [ "Ohio River" ], "wells": 0, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Toronto's downstream_population (24,907) exceeds its own population, indicating it also sells water wholesale to nearby systems.", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH4102811" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Toronto Water Treatment Plant", "a": "Toronto, OH 43964 (town center estimate; specific plant address not confirmed)", "la": 40.462, "lo": -80.6045, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Ohio River", "src": "Ohio River intake serving the city's water treatment plant on the riverfront in Toronto", "cls": "ohio" } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1856", "The Cleveland-Pittsburgh Railroad reached the village, then known as Newburg (or Newberg Landing); it was subsequently renamed Sloane's Station for William B. Sloane, who donated land for the station." ], [ "1881", "The village incorporated under the name Toronto, after Toronto, Ontario. The name was suggested by pioneer manufacturer Thomas M. Daniels, whose business associate W. F. Dunsbaugh — chief stockholder…" ], [ "1931", "Toronto incorporated as a city; Harold Smith became its first mayor, and the youngest in the state." ], [ "1957", "Titanium Metals Corporation of America (TIMET) arrived, following Hancock Manufacturing in 1945, as the older sewer pipe, terra cotta, brick, glass, and clay industries wound down." ], [ "1960", "Population peaked at 7,780; it had fallen to 5,303 by the 2020 census." ], [ "2019", "Cryptosporidium detected in 2 of 9 raw Ohio River intake samples during source-water monitoring; not detected in finished water." ] ], "treat": "Surface water drawn from the Ohio River and treated at the city's water plant, with the Water Department listed at 950 Main Street and staffed around the clock. The CCRs report Total Organic Carbon percent-removal and turbidity as treatment techniques and a chlorine residual, indicating…", "press": "Not published. No pressure figure or pressure-zone map appears in the 2023 or 2025 CCR or on the Water Department page.", "rate": { "g": 13.5, "n": "Effective January 2024. Not a flat rate: the published schedule sets a $28.00 minimum covering the first 2,000 gallons, then $13.50 per additional 1,000 gallons. Sewage is billed…", "m": 55 }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "63.2", "ppb", "80 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 55.8-63.2 ppb. A clear improvement on 2023, when TTHM reached 79.4 ppb (range 44.1-79.4) and sat within a whisker…" ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "14.7", "ppb", "60 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 14.3-22 ppb." ], [ "Nitrate", "1.07", "ppm", "10 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 0.53-1.07 ppm." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.06", "ppm", "4 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 0.89-1.06 ppm; listed as a water additive that promotes strong teeth." ], [ "Barium", "0.028", "ppm", "2 (MCL)", "2025", "Well below the MCL." ], [ "Chlorine (as Cl2)", "0.77", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 0.52-0.87 ppm." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.07 (highest)", "NTU", "TT: 0.3 NTU in…", "2025", "Range 0.02-0.07 NTU; 100% of monthly samples met the standard." ], [ "Total Organic Carbon (removal ratio)", "1.11", "ratio of…", "TT: must stay…", "2025", "Range 1.11-1.29. Compliant but a tighter margin than 2023, when the minimum ratio was 2.71." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "ND", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples exceeded the action level. Separately, the city was cited in October 2025 for failing to notify…" ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.005", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2025", "No samples exceeded the action level. Reported as ND in the 2023 CCR." ] ], "proj": [ [ "North Pump Station Impact Report", null, "2026", "completed", "A document dated 2 February 2026 listed on the Sewage Department page. It is a report, not a capital project, and its contents are not published online, so no…" ] ], "plan": [], "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the Ohio River supply susceptible to contamination from municipal and industrial wastewater discharges, home sewage disposal system discharges, atmospheric deposition, combined sewer overflows, runoff from urban, residential, mining, and agricultural areas, oil and gas production and…", "sew": { "s": "City-owned Sewage Department at 1400 S. River Avenue, Toronto, under Superintendent Joe Adamovich. Sewer is billed on the same volumetric schedule as water. Treatment plant capacity, process, receiving stream, and any CSO or consent decree status are not published in available city documents — though the Ohio EPA source water assessment…", "st": "Not detailed in available city documents; no dedicated stormwater fee identified in the published utility rate schedule, which lists only water, sewage, and garbage." }, "fun": [ "Toronto, Ohio was originally Newburg Landing, then Sloane's Station after the railroad arrived in 1856, before incorporating in 1881 as Toronto — named for Toronto, Ontario at the suggestion of a local fire-clay…", "Water and sewer are billed at identical rates, so every gallon is effectively charged twice: a 10,000-gallon month costs $136.00 for water and another $136.00 for sewage.", "The city keeps an emergency interconnection with the Jefferson County Water and Sewer District as a backup supply, but has not needed to use it in any recently reported year.", "Titanium Metals Corporation, which arrived in 1957, is the city's major employer — the last chapter of an industrial run that included sewer pipe, terra cotta, paving brick, glass, coal mining, and the American China…", "Toronto sells water wholesale beyond its own borders: its downstream service population of nearly 25,000 is more than four times the roughly 5,700 people inside the city." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Ohio", "https://torontooh.gov/history/", "https://torontooh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TorontoOH_CCR_2025.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://torontooh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TorontoOH_CCR_2025.pdf", "https://torontooh.gov/departments/water-department/" ], "rates": [ "https://torontooh.gov/utility-rates/" ], "impurities": [ "https://torontooh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TorontoOH_CCR_2025.pdf", "https://torontooh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/city_of_toronto_ccr_2023.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://torontooh.gov/departments/sewage-department/" ], "water_stress": [ "https://torontooh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TorontoOH_CCR_2025.pdf", "https://torontooh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/city_of_toronto_ccr_2023.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://torontooh.gov/departments/sewage-department/", "https://torontooh.gov/utility-rates/" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://torontooh.gov/history/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Ohio", "https://torontooh.gov/utility-rates/", "https://torontooh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TorontoOH_CCR_2025.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43964", "share": 0.5789, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH4102811.jpg", "caption": "Ohio River at Toronto Riverfront Park, Toronto, Ohio", "credit": "Mike Sharp - User: (WT-shared) 2old at wts wikivoyage", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4102811/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH4102811.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), \"Toronto · OH4102811\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4102811/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }