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It sat on the National Road, now U.S. 40." ], [ "2006", "Source water assessment study completed for the village wellfield; a copy remains available for public inspection at the water department." ], [ "2018", "Water treatment plant upgrade begun: two additional reverse-osmosis skids (four total), two additional sand filters (four total), a larger high-service clear well, a new booster pump station and a…" ], [ "2018", "Village monitored finished water for radon." ], [ "2020", "Sampled under Ohio's PFAS initiative — six PFAS compounds, none detected; also voluntarily sampled raw and finished water for hexavalent chromium, all results below 0.010 mg/L." ] ], "treat": "Four wells adjacent to the northeast corner of the water treatment plant at 199 Taylor Blair Road supply the village. Water is aerated as it comes out of the wells to oxidize iron and manganese; the oxidized metals and other particulates are removed by sand filtration; the water is then softened by…", "press": "Not published. The 2025 CCR describes a new booster pump station and a larger high-service clear well from the 2018 upgrade but gives no system pressure figure, and no…", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Not published online. The village's utility department page covers billing mechanics only: bills due by the 15th of each month with a 10% penalty after that, a $100 deposit to…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Fluoride", "0.38", "ppm", "4 ppm (MCL)", "2025", "Naturally occurring; the village does not list fluoridation among its treatment processes." ], [ "Barium", "0.0203", "ppm", "2 ppm (MCL)", "2025", "About 1% of the MCL; erosion of natural deposits, drilling wastes, metal refineries." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.227", "ppm", "10 ppm (MCL)", "2025", "Very low for a farm-country groundwater system, consistent with a deep production aquifer." ], [ "Arsenic", "0.001", "ppm", "0.010 ppm (MCL)", "2024", "One tenth of the MCL. Note the CCR prints the arsenic MCL as '10' in a column headed ppm — a units error in the report…" ], [ "Chlorine", "1.12", "ppm", "4 ppm (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 1.07-1.34; running annual average of monthly values." ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "11.6", "ppb", "80 ppb (MCL)", "2024", "Range 10.6-11.6; by-product of chlorination, about 15% of the MCL." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.105", "ppm", "1.3 ppm (Action…", "2023", "0 of 20 samples above the action level." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "0.0017", "ppm", "0.015 ppm…", "2023", "1.7 ppb; 0 of 20 samples above the action level." ], [ "Hexavalent chromium (chromium-6)", "<0.010", "mg/L", "no Ohio or…", "2020", "Voluntary sampling of both raw and finished water, not required by Ohio EPA; all results below the reporting level." ], [ "PFAS (six compounds)", "not detected", "n/a", "PFOA/PFOS MCL 4…", "2020", "Sampled under Ohio's statewide PFAS initiative; none detected in finished water. A separate UCMR5 round in 2023…" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Water treatment plant upgrade (two added RO skids, two added sand filters, larger high-service clear well…", null, "2018", "completed", "Scope is from the CCR, which gives no cost. Separately, the village's 2024 fiscal audit — quoted in February 2026 charter review notes — lists a loan 'for the…" ], [ "Water Plant Improvement Project (identified in the 2024 fiscal audit)", 695560, "2024", "completed", "The figure is the loan principal at 2.7% carried on the village's books as of December 31, 2024, not a stated project cost, and the minutes give the project no…" ] ], "plan": [], "stress": "The 2025 CCR states plainly that the aquifer supplying West Jefferson has a high susceptibility to contamination: although the production aquifer is deep, the surface deposits give it limited protection, as shown by elevated sodium and chloride levels detected in the village's wells. Thirteen potential contaminant sources have been…", "sew": { "s": "Village-run wastewater treatment plant behind the Community Center at the end of Sewer Lane, treating over a million gallons of wastewater and solids per day. Aerobic treatment through pumps, separators and clarifiers — seven processes averaging about 61 hours end to end — with treated water discharged to Little Darby Creek under…", "st": "Not published. No storm sewer or stormwater program information appears on the village site." }, "fun": [ "West Jefferson softens its drinking water with reverse osmosis — four RO skids since the 2018 plant upgrade — and the village claims the result is 'some of the highest quality water in the state of Ohio.' 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