{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH4801303", "name": "Sylvania City", "county": "Lucas", "population": 21618, "producer": false, "source_class": "erie", "label": "Lake Erie", "bodies": [ "Lake Erie" ], "intakes": [], "wells": null, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Sylvania purchases 100% of its finished water from the City of Toledo, whose intake is Lake Erie.", "urls": [ "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/28/documents/habs/PWSLakes.pdf" ], "chain": [ "OH4801303", "OH4801411" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "2014", "August 2-4: microcystin from a Lake Erie harmful algal bloom over Toledo's intake triggered a 'do not drink' advisory covering Toledo and the suburbs it supplies, Sylvania among them — roughly…" ], [ "2015-2019", "Toledo completed the second round of Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule source-water monitoring at its intake, April 2015 through March 2019: 48 samples tested for Giardia and…" ], [ "2019", "October: Sylvania City Council voted to sign the regional water agreement with Toledo, a 40-year uniform water-supply contract, joining Toledo, Lucas County, Maumee, Perrysburg, Whitehouse, Monroe…" ], [ "2023-2024", "Sylvania's system was sampled under the federal UCMR5 program and Ohio's PFAS Sampling Initiative: 29 PFAS compounds plus lithium over a 12-month period, none detected in the finished drinking water." ] ], "treat": "Sylvania treats no water of its own. It buys 100% finished water from the City of Toledo Department of Public Utilities, whose Collins Park Water Treatment Plant draws from Lake Erie's western basin, softens, filters and disinfects — Toledo describes it as the largest water softening plant on Lake…", "press": "Not published in any source reviewed. Neither Sylvania's CCR nor Toledo's water pages give distribution pressure figures.", "rate": { "g": 9.45, "n": "City of Sylvania water rate effective 11-17-2025, as published in the Lucas County Sanitary Engineer's rate summary: $9.45 per 1,000 gallons inside the city ($70.69 per 1,000…", "m": 70.69 }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "48.9", "ppb", "80", "2024", "Range 28.7-70.9 ppb; disinfection byproduct. The high end of the range exceeds 80% of the MCL." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "10.9", "ppb", "60", "2024", "Range 7.3-15.6 ppb; disinfection byproduct." ], [ "Total Chlorine", "1.06", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2024", "Range 0.90-1.08 ppm; additive used to control microbes." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.21", "NTU", "1 (TT); 95% of…", "2024", "Range 0.03-0.21 NTU. 90.9% was the lowest monthly percentage of Toledo's samples meeting the turbidity limit in 2024…" ], [ "Total Organic Carbon (TOC)", "1.31", "removal…", "TT (ratio above…", "2024", "Range 1.00-2.31. The running annual average ratio of TOC removed to TOC required to be removed; relates to disinfection…" ], [ "Nitrate", "0.88", "ppm", "10", "2024", "Range <0.2-1.66 ppm; well below the MCL." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.00", "ppm", "4", "2024", "Range 0.96-1.05 ppm; water additive to promote strong teeth." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "<4", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2024", "No individual result over the action level; 0 of 30 samples above it." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.013", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2024", "No individual result over the action level; 0 of 30 samples above it." ], [ "Sodium", "11.67", "ppm", "no standard…", "2024", "Range 7.47-20.90 ppm; reported for dietary-sodium awareness." ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [], "stress": "Sylvania's exposure is entirely inherited from its source. Lake Erie's western basin sees recurring harmful algal blooms fed by phosphorus runoff from the Maumee River watershed, more than 72% of which is row-crop agriculture; that is what produced the 2014 do-not-drink advisory that shut off Sylvania's tap water. Toledo's source water…", "sew": { "s": "Sylvania's Sewer Division collects wastewater from homes and businesses and conveys it to a treatment facility; the city operates no wastewater treatment plant of its own, and its own materials do not name the receiving plant. Toledo's Bay View Water Reclamation Plant treats wastewater for Toledo and some surrounding suburbs before…", "st": "Not documented in any accessible source. No stormwater utility fee, drainage program, or specific flooding issue was found; the city's website is JavaScript-gated and could not be read directly." }, "fun": [ "Sylvania draws no raw water at all — every gallon comes finished from Toledo's Collins Park plant, which Toledo calls the largest water softening plant on Lake Erie, filtering 75 million gallons a day for about half a…", "In 2014 the toxic bloom sat over Toledo's Lake Erie intake and the resulting 'do not drink' order — August 2 to 4 — covered Sylvania alongside Toledo, Maumee, Perrysburg and Ottawa Hills, emptying bottled-water shelves…", "Sylvania's 2024 report shows zero detections across 29 PFAS compounds plus lithium sampled over a 12-month period in 2023-24.", "The city keeps emergency connections to both Toledo and Lucas County; it used the Lucas County one for 0 gallons in 2024, and on average needs it about one day a year.", "Across four years of Toledo intake monitoring — 48 samples, April 2015 to March 2019 — laboratories found exactly one Cryptosporidium cell." ], "src": { "history": [ "http://www.cityofsylvania.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCR-2024.pdf", "https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/protecting-our-water/5-years-since-the-toledo-water-crisis-a-timeline-of-what-happened/512-71a2414b-a34d-4b4a-9632-58e1c212d098", "https://www.circleofblue.org/2014/world/toledo-issues-emergency-warning-residents-drink-water/", "https://toledo.oh.gov/news/2019/10/16/historic-regional-water-commission-approved-by-all-partners" ], "treatment": [ "http://www.cityofsylvania.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCR-2024.pdf", "https://toledo.oh.gov/departments/public-works/water/water-treatment" ], "rates": [ "https://co.lucas.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/902/Lucas-County-Water-and-Sanitary-Sewer-Rates" ], "impurities": [ "http://www.cityofsylvania.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCR-2024.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "http://www.cityofsylvania.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCR-2024.pdf", "https://www.circleofblue.org/2014/world/toledo-issues-emergency-warning-residents-drink-water/" ], "sewer": [ "http://www.cityofsylvania.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCR-2024.pdf", "https://co.lucas.oh.us/DocumentCenter/View/902/Lucas-County-Water-and-Sanitary-Sewer-Rates", "https://toledo.oh.gov/residents/water/bay-view-wastewater-treatment-plant-improvements" ], "fun_facts": [ "http://www.cityofsylvania.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CCR-2024.pdf", "https://toledo.oh.gov/departments/public-works/water/water-treatment", "https://www.circleofblue.org/2014/world/toledo-issues-emergency-warning-residents-drink-water/", "https://www.toledoblade.com/local/suburbs/2019/10/07/sylvania-signs-toledo-regional-drinking-water-contract/stories/20191007129" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43560", "share": 0.5715, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "43623", "share": 0.0119, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH4801303.jpg", "caption": "City of Sylvania, Ohio water tower", "credit": "Benny Mazur from Toledo, OH", "license": "CC BY 2.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4801303/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH4801303.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), \"Sylvania City · OH4801303\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4801303/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }