{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5000503", "name": "Canfield City", "county": "Mahoning", "population": 7706, "producer": false, "source_class": "reservoir", "label": "Meander Creek Reservoir + Berlin Reservoir (Mahoning River basin)", "bodies": [ "Meander Creek Reservoir", "Berlin Reservoir" ], "intakes": [], "wells": null, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH5000503", "OH5002303", "OH7801811" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1926", "The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, Canfield's wholesale supplier, was formed; it began delivering water to its member cities in 1932." ], [ "2009", "Ohio EPA completed the source water assessment for the MVSD system that supplies Canfield; it was last updated in 2026." ], [ "2018", "A water main break on Hickory Hollow (January 25, 2018) triggered a boil-water advisory for affected residents, lifted at 3:00 p.m. on January 27, 2018." ], [ "2025", "In two rounds of lead and copper tap sampling, one site out of 40 exceeded the 15 ppb lead action level in each round (35.9 ppb and 35.3 ppb); the 90th percentile stayed non-detect, so there was no…" ], [ "2025", "A new city water rate schedule (Section 927.01) took effect October 1, 2025." ] ], "treat": "Canfield treats no water of its own. It buys finished water wholesale from the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District (branded Meander Water), based in Mineral Ridge, which draws surface water from Meander Creek Reservoir; Canfield distributes it through city mains and adds no treatment. Canfield's 2025…", "press": "Not published. Canfield's 2025 CCR directs residents with questions about distribution, service or pressure to John Rapp or Anthony Snovak at the Public Works Department, (330)…", "rate": { "g": 13.88, "n": "Rate schedule 927.01, effective October 1, 2025. In-city metered water: $13.88 per 1,000 gallons for the first 100,000 gallons in any quarter, $11.21 per 1,000 gallons above that.…", "m": 69.4 }, "imp": [ [ "Chlorine", "2.03", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 1.4-3.2. Water additive used to control microbes." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.00", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Range 0.85-1.10." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "24.56", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range 20.3-30.2." ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "54.8", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range 42.2-76.8." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.33", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Range from below the detectable limit (<0.10) to 0.56." ], [ "Total Organic Carbon (removal ratio)", "1.79", "ratio", "TT (must exceed…", "2025", "Range 1.40-2.10; compliant with TOC removal requirements." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.09", "NTU", "0.3 in 95% of…", "2025", "100% of samples met the limit." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "ND", "ppb", "15 (AL)", "2025", "Two monitoring periods; the 90th percentile was non-detect in both, but 1 of 40 sites exceeded the action level each…" ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.077", "ppm", "1.3 (AL)", "2025", "First monitoring period; 0 of 40 sites over the action level, range ND-0.638. Second monitoring period 90th percentile…" ], [ "Bromodichloromethane (unregulated)", "8.2", "ppb", "none", "2025", "Range 5.1-11.5. Individual disinfection byproduct, no federal standard." ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [ [ "Mineral Ridge Dam rehabilitation (Mahoning Valley Sanitary District)", null, "2023", "planned", "Not a Canfield project: MVSD, Canfield's wholesale supplier, is rehabilitating the Mineral Ridge dam that impounds Meander Creek Reservoir; environmental…" ] ], "stress": "Canfield controls no water source of its own. Its entire supply is finished water bought from the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, which draws from Meander Creek Reservoir - a seven-mile-long, 2,010-acre impoundment with about 11 billion gallons of storage and 40 miles of shoreline, shared with Youngstown, Niles, McDonald and a string…", "sew": { "s": "Canfield's Utility Billing Department administers a city sanitary sewer collection system alongside water and stormwater, serving customers inside and outside city limits. Domestic and industrial users are billed $9.68 per 1,000 gallons of metered water use; extra-territorial users pay $10.65 per 1,000 gallons. The city does not publish…", "st": "Canfield runs a stormwater utility billed at $8.00 per month per single-family residence; commercial, industrial and other properties pay $0.00472 per square foot of impervious surface. No flooding history or stormwater capital program was found on the city's…" }, "fun": [ "Canfield owns no treatment plant, no reservoir and no wells - it buys every gallon already finished from the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District and simply pipes it to customers.", "The reservoir behind Canfield's tap is big: Meander Creek Reservoir is seven miles long, covers 2,010 acres, has 40 miles of shoreline and holds about 11 billion gallons.", "The district that supplies Canfield was formed in 1926 and has been delivering water since 1932.", "In Canfield's 2025 lead sampling, one tap out of 40 came back above the 15 ppb action level in each of two monitoring rounds - 35.9 ppb and 35.3 ppb - even though the citywide 90th percentile was non-detect.", "Canfield charges its outside-city customers about 20% more per 1,000 gallons than residents: $16.64 versus $13.88." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://canfield.gov/utilities/water/", "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Canfield-WR.pdf", "https://meanderwater.org", "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Rates-for-Website-2.jpg" ], "treatment": [ "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Canfield-WR.pdf", "https://canfield.gov/utilities/", "https://meanderwater.org" ], "pressure": [ "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Canfield-WR.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://canfield.gov/utilities/rates/", "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Rates-for-Website-2.jpg", "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sewer-Rate-Schedule.png" ], "impurities": [ "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Canfield-WR.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://meanderwater.org" ], "water_stress": [ "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Canfield-WR.pdf", "https://meanderwater.org" ], "sewer": [ "https://canfield.gov/utilities/", "https://canfield.gov/utilities/rates/", "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sewer-Rate-Schedule.png" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Canfield-WR.pdf", "https://meanderwater.org", "https://canfield.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Rates-for-Website-2.jpg" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44406", "share": 0.5179, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5000503.jpg", "caption": "Meander Creek Reservoir, one of Canfield's two source reservoirs, seen from I-80", "credit": "Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's C", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5000503/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5000503.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), \"Canfield City · OH5000503\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5000503/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }