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The 2025 CCR describes five wells - three in the Village Park, one at the Filter Building at 206 2nd Street West and one about 100 yards off Hooper Drive - plus a sixth under construction in the Village Park, together rated at roughly…", "press": "Not published; neither the CCR, the utilities pages nor council minutes give a pressure range.", "rate": { "g": 7.25, "n": "Water service, residential 5/8-inch meter: $41.50 covering the first 4,000 gallons, then $7.25 per additional 1,000 gallons; commercial minimums run $46.50 (1 inch) to $291.50 (6…", "m": 48.75 }, "imp": [ [ "Nitrate", "2.10", "mg/L", "10 (MCL)", "2025", "The 2025 report also corrects the prior year: nitrate in 2024 was 5.59 ppm with a range of 3.47-5.59 ppm, over half the…" ], [ "Lead", "3.8 (90th…", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples above the action level." ], [ "Copper", "0.378 (90th…", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples above the action level." ], [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "1.1 (range…", "ppb", "80 (MCL)", "2025", "Very low; individual byproducts chloroform 0.2, dibromochloromethane 0.5, bromodichloromethane 0.5 and bromoform 0.2…" ], [ "Total chlorine", "0.81 (range…", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Residual disinfectant." ], [ "PFHxS", "0.0074 (7.4…", "ppb", "no standalone…", "2025", "UCMR5 fifth-round sampling; PFBS was also detected at 0.0034 ppb (3.4 ng/L). Neither PFOA nor PFOS is reported as…" ], [ "Barium", "0.039", "ppm", "2 (MCL)", "2024", "Erosion of natural deposits; beryllium was 0.06 ppb against a 4 ppb MCL, a figure the 2025 report corrects from an…" ], [ "Radium", "0.63 +/- 0.52", "pCi/L", "5 (MCL)", "2021", "Gross alpha the same day was -0.03 +/- 0.89 pCi/L against a 15 pCi/L MCL." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.17", "ppm", "4 (MCL)", "2024", "Naturally occurring; South Point does not fluoridate to the 0.7 ppm optimum." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Phase 1 and Phase 2 waterline replacement", null, "2026", "completed", "Both loans are still being repaid from the water fund (about $1,061 and $5,626 transferred monthly in July 2026). No total project cost is published, so none…" ], [ "Wastewater plant clarifiers rehabilitation", null, "2018", "completed", "Financed by an Ohio Water Development Authority loan, still in repayment in 2026." ], [ "Solida sewer project", null, "2017", "completed", "Identified only by its bond line in council minutes; scope and cost are not published." ] ], "plan": [ [ "Sixth production well, Village Park", null, "2025", "under construction", "Described in the 2025 CCR as under construction alongside the five existing wells, which together will pump about 2,000 gpm. No cost published." ], [ "Water plant filter improvements", null, "2026", "needed", "The village administrator told council in July 2026 that the village was still waiting on recommendations for the filters; no scope or cost exists yet." ] ], "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the aquifer serving South Point as highly susceptible to contamination, citing a thin clay layer over the aquifer, significant potential contamination sources in the protection area, and manmade nitrate already present in treated water - and the village sits in the industrial Ohio River corridor…", "sew": { "s": "The village runs its own sanitary collection system and wastewater treatment plant - the sewer department reported treating 30 million gallons in June 2026, about 1 MGD - staffed by village crews with a 2021-financed vacuum truck. Outstanding sewer debt includes the 2017 Solida sewer bond, a 2009 OPWC sewer improvements bond and a 2018…", "st": "Not documented in village materials located." }, "fun": [ "South Point is the southernmost incorporated municipality in Ohio and sits in the Huntington-Ashland metro area at the Ohio-West Virginia-Kentucky tri-point (Wikipedia).", "Three of the village's drinking water wells are in the Village Park, and a sixth was being drilled there in 2025 - residents picnic on top of the well field.", "The plant doses potassium permanganate and runs the water through sand filters to strip iron and manganese out of Ohio River valley alluvium before chlorinating it.", "The village pumped 11.66 million gallons of water in June 2026 and treated 30 million gallons of sewage in the same month - the sewer plant handles far more flow than the water plant produces, a signature of…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Point,_Ohio", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/July-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025_Consumer_Confidence_Report.pdf", "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH4401212/JSON" ], "treatment": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025_Consumer_Confidence_Report.pdf", "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH4401212/JSON", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/July-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025_Consumer_Confidence_Report.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/services/", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/utilities/", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/notable-ordinances/" ], "impurities": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025_Consumer_Confidence_Report.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/July-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025_Consumer_Confidence_Report.pdf", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/July-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025_Consumer_Confidence_Report.pdf", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/July-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/July-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/utilities/" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Point,_Ohio", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025_Consumer_Confidence_Report.pdf", "https://villageofsouthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/July-Regular-Meeting-Minutes.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45680", "share": 0.4662, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH4401212.jpg", "caption": "The Ohio River at South Point, Ohio, near the village's groundwater well field", "credit": "Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4401212/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH4401212.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), \"South Point Village · OH4401212\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4401212/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }