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  "pwsid": "OH4602212",
  "name": "Russells Point Village",
  "county": "Logan",
  "population": 1651,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1913",
        "A post office named Russells Point began operating, named for landowner James Russell; the lakeside village grew as an Indian Lake resort town."
      ],
      [
        "2023",
        "Village raised water usage rates in January for the first time since June 2021, a 17% (about $1.00/1,000 gal) increase, citing supply costs up as much as 30% (confirmed directly on the village's…"
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "An EF-3 tornado struck Russells Point on March 14, 2024, killing at least three people and severely damaging homes and businesses village-wide."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "Ohio EPA completed a Limited Environmental Review for a village water distribution system project to be financed through the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) program; the village also held…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Water is pumped from 3 active groundwater wells (wells #3, #4, #5; wells #1 and #2 are abandoned) north and east of the village's water treatment plant, then disinfected with chlorine before distribution (2025 CCR shows a running-average total chlorine residual of 1.12 ppm, range 0.08–1.68 ppm).",
    "press": "Not published — no numeric pressure figure appears in the 2025 CCR or on the village site.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "Confirmed directly on the village's water-department page: effective January 2023, the usage charge rose about $1.00 per 1,000 gallons (~17%), with the fixed/base charge…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total Chlorine (running average)",
        "1.12",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range of detection 0.08–1.68 ppm; disinfectant residual, no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "44.52",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Disinfection byproduct; range of individual detections 54.3–110 ppb, no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "13.9",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Disinfection byproduct; range of detection 6.4–32.4 ppb, no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.79",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2024",
        "Naturally occurring plus water additive; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.935",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2024",
        "Erosion of natural deposits / drilling waste discharge; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "1.33",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "Runoff from fertilizer/septic/erosion; well below limit."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "1.2",
        "ppb",
        "15 (action…",
        "2025",
        "0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level; no lead/galvanized service lines in system."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.671",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (action…",
        "2025",
        "0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Gross Alpha (excluding radon and…",
        "5.7",
        "pCi/L",
        "15 (MCL; MCLG 0)",
        "2021",
        "Erosion of natural deposits; no violation."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Water distribution system project",
        null,
        "2025",
        "planned",
        "Ohio EPA completed a Limited Environmental Review for a village water distribution project intended for WSRLA financing; cost not yet published."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "WSRLA-financed water distribution system improvements",
        null,
        "2025",
        "planned",
        "Listed via Ohio EPA's Water Supply Revolving Loan Account program pending final financing/cost details."
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA rates the aquifer susceptibility for Russells Point's well field as MODERATE, meaning potential contamination sources exist within the wellhead protection area even though no current contamination has been found (confirmed verbatim in the 2025 CCR); the village continues source-water protection measures.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not confirmed — no wastewater treatment plant, NPDES permit, or provider was identified in sources reviewed; Russells Point also reported no sewer rate data to Ohio EPA's 2022 statewide rate survey (which it did answer for water), consistent with — though not conclusive proof of — the village not operating its own sanitary sewer utility.",
      "st": "Ohio EPA's 2022 statewide rate survey lists a residential stormwater rate of $24/year for the village; no further storm-sewer/drainage detail was found. The village sits on Indian Lake's south shore, an area with known lake-level flood exposure."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Russells Point sits directly on the south shore of Indian Lake, a longtime Ohio summer resort destination, and takes its name from landowner James Russell.",
      "The village's distribution system has zero lead, galvanized, or lead-status-unknown service lines, based on visual inspection and historic construction records (confirmed in the 2025 CCR).",
      "An EF-3 tornado tore through the village on March 14, 2024, killing at least three residents and heavily damaging the small water system's surrounding community.",
      "Only 3 of the village's 5 original municipal wells (#3, #4, #5) are still active — wells #1 and #2 have been abandoned (confirmed in the 2025 CCR)."
    ],
    "src": {
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        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russells_Point,_Ohio",
        "https://www.russellspoint-oh.gov/water-department",
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/62df9c99/files/uploaded/2025+ccr.pdf"
      ],
      "treatment": [
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      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.russellspoint-oh.gov/water-department",
        "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/43/Rate%20Reports/Ohio_EPA_2022_Sewer_and_Water_Rate_Survey.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/62df9c99/files/uploaded/2025+ccr.pdf"
      ],
      "projects": [
        "https://www.russellspoint-oh.gov/water-department"
      ],
      "planned": [
        "https://www.russellspoint-oh.gov/water-department"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/62df9c99/files/uploaded/2025+ccr.pdf"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/43/Rate%20Reports/Ohio_EPA_2022_Sewer_and_Water_Rate_Survey.pdf"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/62df9c99/files/uploaded/2025+ccr.pdf",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russells_Point,_Ohio"
      ]
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