{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH4801503", "name": "Waterville City", "county": "Lucas", "population": 6500, "producer": false, "source_class": "river", "label": "Maumee River (via Bowling Green Reservoir)", "bodies": [ "Maumee River", "Bowling Green Reservoir" ], "intakes": [], "wells": null, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH4801503", "OH8700311" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1830", "Waterville is platted by settler John Pray on the west bank of the upper Maumee River." ], [ "2011", "Waterville, long a village, incorporates as a city." ], [ "2020", "Bowling Green's supply, which serves Waterville, is sampled under Ohio EPA's statewide PFAS Sampling Initiative; none of the six PFAS compounds tested were found in the finished drinking water." ], [ "2024", "The Bowling Green Water Treatment Plant participates in the fifth round of the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR5), detecting trace unregulated PFAS compounds." ], [ "2026", "In February the city publishes its lead service line maps - a combined map plus seven area maps, A through G - under the federal Lead and Copper Rule." ] ], "treat": "Waterville treats no raw water. It buys finished water from the City of Bowling Green Water Treatment Plant, which draws surface water from an intake on the Maumee River only when the river supply is of high quality and banks it in a 170-million-gallon above-ground reservoir. Bowling Green runs two…", "press": "Not published. No pressure zone or psi figure appears in the city's utilities pages or in the 2025 consumer confidence report.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Not published. The city's utilities page covers billing mechanics only - bills mailed the last day of each month and due on the 15th, a $100 deposit on new accounts credited back…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "66.6", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Bowling Green's 2025 result for the water Waterville buys; range of detections 34.3-85.7, so individual sites exceeded…" ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "23.1", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Supplier (Bowling Green) result; range 8.3-27.7." ], [ "Nitrate", "7.3", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Supplier result; range under 0.2 to 7.3. High for a finished water and a direct signature of agricultural runoff in the…" ], [ "Fluoride", "1.03", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Supplier result; range 0.87-1.18." ], [ "Barium", "0.013", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Supplier result." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.10 NTU…", "NTU / %…", "treatment…", "2025", "0.10 NTU is Bowling Green's highest 2025 reading (range 0.02-0.10). Waterville's CCR separately states that 100% of its…" ], [ "Total organic carbon (TOC) removal ratio", "2.9", "ratio", "treatment…", "2025", "Supplier result; range 2.4-3.4. Bowling Green remained in compliance with TOC removal requirements." ], [ "Total chlorine", "1.5", "ppm", "MRDL 4.0", "2025", "Supplier result; range 1.3-1.6." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "<4", "ppb", "action level 15", "2025", "Supplier result; 0 of 31 samples above the action level." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.029", "ppm", "action level 1.3", "2025", "Supplier result; 0 of 31 samples above the action level." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Lead service line inventory and area maps", null, "2026", "completed", "The city published a combined lead service line and fixture map plus seven area maps (A through G) in February 2026 under federal and state Lead and Copper…" ], [ "Bowling Green Water Treatment Plant filter and membrane upgrades", null, "2025", "completed", "The supplier's project, not Waterville's: six rapid sand filters rebuilt from the bottoms up with air added to the backwash cycle, and two microfiltration…" ] ], "plan": [], "stress": "The whole supply comes from the Maumee River, the largest and most nutrient-loaded tributary of western Lake Erie. Bowling Green's source water assessment calls the intake susceptible to contamination from agricultural runoff, industrial stormwater, wastewater discharges, landfills and oil and gas wells, and says the city has…", "sew": { "s": "Waterville operates its own sanitary sewer system: the city issues sanitary sewer inspection permits and abandon-septic-tank permits, and rates are set by Chapter 935 of the codified ordinances. The wastewater plant's operator, capacity and receiving stream are not stated on any city page.", "st": "The city runs a separate storm sewer system - it issues storm sewer tap inspection permits and regulates the system under Chapter 941, Storm Sewer System Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control, alongside Chapter 939 on erosion and sediment control.…" }, "fun": [ "Waterville keeps an emergency connection to Toledo's water system at Waterville-Monclova and Dutch roads that, in the city's own words, has never been used - it exists purely in case the Bowling Green supply is lost for…", "The water arrives by way of a 170-million-gallon above-ground reservoir: Bowling Green pulls from the Maumee only when the river is running clean, then treats it through both a conventional train and a reverse-osmosis…", "Platted in 1830, Waterville waited 181 years to become a legal city - it incorporated as one in 2011.", "Ohio's 2020 statewide PFAS survey found none of the six tested compounds in Bowling Green's finished water, but 2024 unregulated monitoring picked up trace PFBA, PFHxA and PFPeA in the low parts per trillion.", "The 2025 report carries an unusual footnote: the unregulated-contaminant table was added as a correction for information missing from the previous year's report." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://waterville.org/updated-2025-ccr-report/", "https://waterville.org/lead-service-line-information", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterville,_Ohio" ], "treatment": [ "https://waterville.org/updated-2025-ccr-report/", "http://www.bgohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6013/2025-Drinking-Water-Consumer-Confidence-Report-PDF", "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH4801503/CSV" ], "pressure": [ "https://waterville.org/uilities/", "https://waterville.org/updated-2025-ccr-report/" ], "rates": [ "https://waterville.org/uilities/", "https://waterville.org/finance/", "https://waterville.org/utility-forms/", "https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/waterville/latest/overview" ], "impurities": [ "http://www.bgohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6013/2025-Drinking-Water-Consumer-Confidence-Report-PDF", "https://waterville.org/updated-2025-ccr-report/" ], "projects": [ "https://waterville.org/lead-service-line-information", "http://www.bgohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6013/2025-Drinking-Water-Consumer-Confidence-Report-PDF" ], "water_stress": [ "http://www.bgohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6013/2025-Drinking-Water-Consumer-Confidence-Report-PDF", "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH4801503/JSON" ], "sewer": [ "https://waterville.org/utility-forms/", "https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/waterville/latest/overview" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://waterville.org/updated-2025-ccr-report/", "http://www.bgohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6013/2025-Drinking-Water-Consumer-Confidence-Report-PDF", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterville,_Ohio" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43566", "share": 0.728, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH4801503.jpg", "caption": "Aerial view of islands in the Maumee River just south of Waterville, Ohio", "credit": "Grešla", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4801503/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH4801503.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), \"Waterville City · OH4801503\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH4801503/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }