{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5201412", "name": "Seville Village", "county": "Medina", "population": 2296, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (2 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 2, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH5201412" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1873", "Captain Martin Van Buren Bates and his wife Anna Swan Bates - the 'Giants of Seville' - relocated to the village, becoming its best-known historical figures. A commemorative sign stands at Stanhope…" ], [ "1989", "Village wastewater treatment plant built as a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) facility." ], [ "2006", "Current water treatment plant began operation in May 2006, treating water from the two Eby Road wells." ] ], "treat": "Groundwater drawn from an aquifer on Eby Road just south of the Medina County line (Wayne County side), via two village wells. The treatment plant has been in operation since May 2006 and uses sand filtration to remove iron and arsenic, water softening, and chlorination. The well field is capable…", "press": "Not published. Neither the 2025 CCR nor any Seville BOPA page gives system pressure in psi or describes pressure zones.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Seville BOPA publishes no water or sanitary sewer rate schedule online - the home page, the utility information page and the bill-information page all omit dollar amounts. The…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Arsenic", "7.99", "ppb", "10 ppb (MCL)", "2025", "Range of detections 3.6-7.99 ppb. Removed by the plant's sand filtration; the CCR carries the required arsenic…" ], [ "Barium", "0.059", "ppm", "2 ppm (MCL)", "2024", "Erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.394", "ppm", "4 ppm (MCL)", "2024", "Erosion of natural deposits. (CCR spells it 'Floride'.)" ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "33.9", "ppb", "80 ppb (MCL)", "2025", "Disinfection byproduct; range 19.1-33.9 ppb." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "4.59", "ppb", "60 ppb (MCL)", "2025", "Disinfection byproduct; range 3.12-4.59 ppb." ], [ "Total Chlorine", "2.2", "ppm", "4 ppm (MRDL)", "2025", "Disinfectant residual; range 1.0-2.2 ppm." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "3.8", "ppb", "15 ppb (Action…", "2025", "Zero individual results over the action level. The CCR's sample-count line literally reads '0 out of 0 samples,' an…" ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.097", "ppm", "1.3 ppm (Action…", "2025", "Zero individual results over the action level; same '0 out of 0' sample-count typo in the CCR." ], [ "Gross Alpha", "ND (not…", "pCi/L", "15 pCi/L (MCL)", "2021", "Not detected." ], [ "Radium", "ND (not…", "pCi/L", "5 pCi/L (MCL)", "2021", "Not detected." ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [], "stress": "Elevated risk at the source. Seville's 2025 CCR states the Eby Road aquifer has a high susceptibility to contamination, due to the sensitive nature of the aquifer in which the well is located and the potential contaminant sources identified - while stressing this does not mean the well field will become contaminated, only that conditions…", "sew": { "s": "Seville Board of Public Affairs operates the village sanitary sewer and a sequencing batch reactor wastewater treatment plant built in 1989. Plant capacity, receiving stream, and any CSO or consent-decree status are not published online.", "st": "BOPA runs a separate storm sewer system funded by a flat $6.00 per month per-customer fee, which pays for maintenance and rebuilding of the village storm sewers. BOPA's utilities serve Seville plus portions of Guilford and Westfield townships. No flooding…" }, "fun": [ "Seville was home to Captain Martin Van Buren Bates - 7 ft 8 in and 470 lb by age 28 - and his wife Anna Swan Bates, 7 ft 11 in and 413 lb at 22. The 'Giants of Seville' settled in the village in 1873, toured Europe…", "Arsenic in Seville's raw groundwater runs close enough to the federal 10 ppb limit (7.99 ppb in 2025) that the sand filtration installed with the 2006 plant is what keeps the village compliant.", "One body, the Seville Board of Public Affairs, runs four utilities: electric, water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer. Its electric side is a non-profit public power system serving more than 2,000 customers, one of about…", "BOPA's website carries a standing correction to Google: it states the Village of Seville has never issued pool credits against sanitary sewer charges for filling a swimming pool." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.villageofseville.org/history", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/information.html" ], "treatment": [ "http://www.sevillebopa.org/information.html", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/uploads/9/3/4/3/9343507/ccr2025.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "http://www.sevillebopa.org/uploads/9/3/4/3/9343507/ccr2025.pdf", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/information.html" ], "rates": [ "http://www.sevillebopa.org/information.html", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/bill-information.html", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/" ], "impurities": [ "http://www.sevillebopa.org/uploads/9/3/4/3/9343507/ccr2025.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "http://www.sevillebopa.org/uploads/9/3/4/3/9343507/ccr2025.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "http://www.sevillebopa.org/information.html", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.villageofseville.org/history", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/uploads/9/3/4/3/9343507/ccr2025.pdf", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/information.html", "http://www.sevillebopa.org/" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44273", "share": 0.3558, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5201412.jpg", "caption": "Seville Historical Museum in Seville, Ohio", "credit": "Chris Light", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5201412/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5201412.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), \"Seville Village · OH5201412\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5201412/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }