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(12 wells)", "la": 39.9573, "lo": -82.6968, "pt": "plant", "sh": 100, "wells": [ "Well 1", "Well 2", "Well 3", "Well 4", "Well 5", "Well 6", "Well 7", "Well 8", "Well 9", "Well 10", "Well 11", "Well 12" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1989", "District established as the Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District to address environmental problems in Etna, Harrison and Lima townships (Lima Township is now part of the City of…" ], [ "2001 and…", "Phase 1A and Phase 1B expansions of the Gale Road Environmental Control Facility completed, adding pumping, screening, aeration and solids-processing capacity." ], [ "2010", "District enters the State Route 161 corridor agreement with the Licking County Commissioners covering water and sewer service in the growth corridor." ], [ "2022", "Commissioners amend the 2010 SR 161 agreement, expanding the district's service area from 8,769 to 18,223 acres (11,702 acres in Jersey Township, 3,439 in St. Albans, 3,041 in Monroe). Officials from…" ], [ "2024", "Licking County Court of Common Pleas approves the renaming to Licking Regional Water District on November 7 and expands the Board of Trustees with a Jersey Township representative and an at-large…" ], [ "2026", "District solicits drilling bids and begins test wells on Reeves family farmland northwest of Alexandria in St. Albans Township, seeking new utility-scale groundwater in the Raccoon Creek Valley…" ] ], "treat": "One treatment plant at 8675 York Road, Pataskala, serving Etna Township, Harrison Township and parts of Pataskala, rated at 3 million gallons per day and delivering about 1.4 MGD to roughly 6,700 water customers. Groundwater comes from six wells located adjacent to the plant. Chlorine is added to…", "press": "No psi figure or pressure-zone map is published. The district states that two 1,000,000-gallon elevated tanks and one 400,000-gallon tank, plus a booster station, provide system…", "rate": { "g": 6.57, "n": "Effective March 1, 2026 (a 6.5% increase on water and sewer): water minimum $22.29/month covering 0-2,000 gallons; $6.57 per 1,000 gallons for 2,001-40,000 gallons; $8.59 per…", "m": 35.43 }, "imp": [ [ "Fluoride", "0.981 (range…", "ppm", "MCL 4", "2025", "Naturally occurring plus fluoride added to meet Ohio's minimum. No violation." ], [ "Barium", "0.040", "ppm", "MCL 2", "2024", "No violation." ], [ "Nickel", "1.07", "ppb", "no MCL", "2024", "Unregulated; erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Gross alpha emitters", "0.344", "pCi/L", "MCL 15", "2024", "No violation." ], [ "Combined radium", "0.532", "pCi/L", "MCL 5", "2024", "No violation." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "5.55 (range…", "ppb", "MCL 60", "2025", "Chlorination by-product; well under the limit." ], [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "13.0 (range…", "ppb", "MCL 80", "2025", "Chlorination by-product; well under the limit." ], [ "Total chlorine", "1.03 (range…", "ppm", "MRDL 4", "2025", "Residual disinfectant." ], [ "Lead", "<2.0 (90th…", "ppb", "AL 15", "2025", "Sampled June-September 2025; 0 of 30 samples over the action level." ], [ "Copper", "0.072 (90th…", "ppm", "AL 1.3", "2025", "Sampled June-September 2025; 0 of 30 samples over the action level." ] ], "proj": [ [ "SR 161 corridor water and sewer extension", null, "2010", "completed", "Agreement with Licking County commissioners letting the district extend water and sewer along the State Route 161 growth corridor; amended and greatly enlarged…" ], [ "Gale Road Environmental Control Facility, Phases 1A and 1B", null, "2001 and…", "completed", "Wastewater plant expansions adding pumping capacity, screening, aeration and solids processing. No cost published." ], [ "Lead service line inventory", null, "2024", "completed", "Federally required inventory submitted by October 2024; the district reports no lead, no galvanized-requiring-replacement, and no unknown-material service…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "New groundwater wells, St. Albans Township", null, "2026", "under construction", "Test wells being drilled on farmland northwest of Alexandria after a preliminary site investigation; engineers will run continuous high-volume pump tests to…" ], [ "St. Albans Township water treatment facility", null, "2026", "proposed", "District has plans for a water treatment facility in St. Albans Township, south of Alexandria and west of Granville. No cost or design capacity published." ], [ "Raccoon Creek Wastewater Treatment Center", null, "2026", "planned", "Wastewater (not drinking water) plant west of Granville. The district states an Ohio EPA permit has already cleared the way for its construction, and that the…" ], [ "Pet Run Wastewater Treatment Plant", null, "2026", "proposed", "Smaller wastewater plant in St. Albans Township near Alexandria, described by the district as proposed rather than under construction. The Ohio Environmental…" ] ], "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the district's aquifer as HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE to contamination, on three grounds stated in the 2025 CCR: no protective clay layer over the aquifer, a shallow water table less than 10 feet below ground surface, and significant potential contaminant sources inside the protection area. On the supply…", "sew": { "s": "LRWD is also the sanitary sewer utility for its service area. It operates the Gale Road Environmental Control Facility at 8720 Gale Road, permitted at 4.3 million gallons per day, discharging to the South Fork of the Licking River. The collection system runs more than 160 miles of sanitary sewer with 43 pump stations; the plant uses an…", "st": "Not published. The district's materials describe a sanitary (not combined) collection system; no stormwater utility or fee was found for LRWD." }, "fun": [ "The aquifer LRWD pumps from sits less than 10 feet below the ground surface with no protective clay layer above it, which is why Ohio EPA rates it highly susceptible to contamination.", "LRWD softens its water with nano-filtration membranes, a step more often associated with bottled-water plants than with small municipal systems.", "The district kept the name Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District for 35 years, until a Licking County judge approved the rename on November 7, 2024.", "The district's new test wells in St. Albans Township target the same Raccoon Creek Valley aquifer that already supplies Granville and Alexandria, which is why those villages have fought the expansion.", "LRWD holds three emergency interconnections (Fairfield County Utilities, Jefferson Water and Sewer District and the City of Pataskala) but reported drawing no water through any of them in the reported year." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/about", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/post/southwest-licking-community-water-and-sewer-district-is-now-the-licking-regional-water-district", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/wastewater-system", "https://news.yahoo.com/commissioners-deal-water-sewer-district-104720034.html" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/_files/ugd/0ee9b7_bac05f7ee30f4fad8c56f07aa601518d.pdf", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/water-system" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/_files/ugd/0ee9b7_bac05f7ee30f4fad8c56f07aa601518d.pdf", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/water-system" ], "rates": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/billings-and-connection-fees" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/_files/ugd/0ee9b7_bac05f7ee30f4fad8c56f07aa601518d.pdf", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/water-systems-annual-customer-support" ], "projects": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/wastewater-system", "https://news.yahoo.com/commissioners-deal-water-sewer-district-104720034.html", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/_files/ugd/0ee9b7_bac05f7ee30f4fad8c56f07aa601518d.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://www.thereportingproject.org/licking-regional-water-district-drilling-test-well-in-st-albans-township-in-search-for-water-sources/", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/post/environmental-review-panel-rejects-challenge-to-lrwd-wastewater-plant", "https://www.thereportingproject.org/southwest-licking-utility-moves-forward-with-plans-to-build-a-sewage-treatment-plant-west-of-granville/" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/_files/ugd/0ee9b7_bac05f7ee30f4fad8c56f07aa601518d.pdf", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/water-system", "https://www.thereportingproject.org/licking-regional-water-district-drilling-test-well-in-st-albans-township-in-search-for-water-sources/", "https://www.thereportingproject.org/latest-drought-monitor-map-shows-licking-county-sinking-deeper-into-drought/" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/wastewater-system", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/about" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/_files/ugd/0ee9b7_bac05f7ee30f4fad8c56f07aa601518d.pdf", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/water-system", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/post/southwest-licking-community-water-and-sewer-district-is-now-the-licking-regional-water-district", "https://www.thereportingproject.org/licking-regional-water-district-drilling-test-well-in-st-albans-township-in-search-for-water-sources/" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43018", "share": 0.8686, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "43033", "share": 0.8097, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "43062", "share": 0.5381, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "43023", "share": 0.1075, "dominant": false }, { "zip": "43068", "share": 0.0293, "dominant": false }, { "zip": "43004", "share": 0.0033, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH4505412.jpg", "caption": "Aerial view of Pataskala, Ohio, one of the towns served by Licking Regional Water District", "credit": "Ibagli", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4505412/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH4505412.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), \"Licking Regional Water District · OH4505412\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4505412/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }