{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5201712", "name": "Wadsworth City", "county": "Medina", "population": 24356, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Local groundwater wells (sandstone bedrock + Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 12, "aquifer": "Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer / Mississippian sandstone bedrock aquifer", "notes": "City owns 12 wells: deep Mississippian-age sandstone bedrock wells and shallow sand-and-gravel wells in the glacial buried-valley (Chippewa Creek) aquifer.", "urls": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/215/Water-Treatment" ], "chain": [ "OH5201712" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Wadsworth Water Treatment Plant", "a": "120 Maple St, Wadsworth, OH 44281", "la": 41.0281, "lo": -81.7295, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Sandstone bedrock aquifer and Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer", "src": "City wells drawing from local sandstone bedrock aquifers plus a well field roughly 6.5 miles away in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, tapping the Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer", "cls": "groundwater", "in": [ { "n": "Wadsworth Local Well Field", "wb": "Mississippian sandstone bedrock aquifer with interbedded shallow sand-and-gravel deposits", "role": "primary", "src": "Cluster of city wells near the treatment plant: 7 deep sandstone bedrock wells (~250 ft) and 4 shallow sand-and-gravel wells (~75 ft) (11 wells · ~75 ft (shallow gravel wells) to ~250 ft)", "la": 41.0281, "lo": -81.7295, "pt": "plant", "wells": [ "Well 2", "Well 3", "Well 4", "Well 7A", "Well 9", "Well 10A", "Well 11", "Well 12", "Well 13", "Well 14", "Well 15" ] }, { "n": "Chippewa Well Field", "wb": "Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer (coarse sand-and-gravel outwash)", "role": "secondary", "src": "Single shallow well about 6.5 miles from the plant in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, one of the best-yielding groundwater areas in the county (1 well · ~100-200 ft (shallow well))", "la": 40.9573, "lo": -81.8471, "pt": "approximate", "wells": [ "Well 19" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1814", "Wadsworth founded (March 1, 1814), named for Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, Revolutionary War/War of 1812 officer and the largest landowner in what became Medina County." ], [ "1876", "Incorporated as a village (January 1, 1876)." ], [ "1931", "Became a city (January 1, 1931)." ], [ "1953", "City wastewater treatment plant originally constructed." ], [ "1974-1975", "Current Water Treatment Plant at 120 Maple St. built in 1974 and put into service in 1975, designed for 3 MGD." ], [ "1977", "Main primary anaerobic digester (60 ft diameter) built at the WWTP; rehabilitated in 2004 and 2008-2009." ] ], "treat": "All groundwater from 12 city wells: 7 deep sandstone bedrock wells (~250 ft) in the southeast corner of the city between Broad Street and Johnson Road, 4 shallow sand-and-gravel wells (~75 ft) in the valley southwest of the city near the soccer fields and airport, and 1 shallow sand-and-gravel well…", "press": "Not published - no psi or pressure-zone figures appear on the city's water pages or in the 2023 CCR. The only indirect evidence is a capital project named the 'Low Side Water…", "rate": { "g": 9.63, "n": "From the city's '2026 Water Rate Schedule,' effective February 1, 2026 (posted as an image on wadsworthcity.com/192). Rates are quoted PER GALLON in usage blocks. Inside city…", "m": 41.69 }, "imp": [ [ "Fluoride", "1.06", "ppm", "4.0 (MCL)", "2023", "Range 0.77-1.20; added to promote strong teeth." ], [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "36.7", "ppb", "80 (MCL)", "2023", "Range 22.8-36.7; chlorination by-product and the highest detection relative to its limit in Wadsworth's table." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "7.2", "ppb", "60 (MCL)", "2023", "Range 6.5-7.2." ], [ "Total chlorine residual", "0.81", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2023", "Range 0.68-0.92." ], [ "Barium", "0.013", "ppm", "2 (MCL)", "2021", "Erosion of natural deposits; drilling/metal refinery discharge." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "<2", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2023", "0 of 30 homes above the action level." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.094", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2023", "0 of 30 homes above the action level." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Replacement of Primary Digester Cover (WWTP)", 2309991, "2026-2027", "under construction", "Ohio EPA WPCLF loan CS390948-0012 at 3.24% over 20 years; Limited Environmental Review/FNSI issued June 5, 2026. Replaces the stuck 50-year-old steel-truss…" ], [ "Lead Service Line Verification, Phase I", 350000, "2025", "under construction", "Awarded to Petty Farms, starting around late October 2025 with roughly three months' duration; funded by an awarded WSRLA loan. Pursuant to Ohio EPA findings…" ], [ "Bulk Water Fill Station and adjoining water looping", null, "2025-2026", "under construction", "Awarded to Cavanaugh Building Corporation; site construction about $150,000, the fill station unit about $77,000, plus roughly $300,000 for the adjoining water…" ], [ "Water Meter Improvement Project (endpoint replacement)", null, "2025", "under construction", "Roughly 5,000 meter endpoints replaced by October 2025 (goal had been 1,000/month). Mis-assigned endpoints and a misplaced decimal produced wildly wrong reads…" ], [ "Tolbert Street Improvement Project", null, "2025", "unknown", "Reported about 85% complete in October 2025 with less than a month of work left; no later status or cost found in published minutes." ] ], "plan": [ [ "Lead Service Line Verification, Phase II", 1200000, "2026", "planned", "Much larger second verification phase proposed for 2026, per Ohio EPA findings." ], [ "Low Side Water Tower (design)", 530000, "2025-2026", "planned", "Design RFQ issued October 2025; about $530,000 budgeted for the design consultant, though the line item likely also covers inspection services, so the design…" ], [ "Good/High waterline design (WSRLA loan application)", 411000, "2026", "planned", "WSRLA loan application for 2026 design costs of the split Good Street and High Street waterline projects; acknowledged by Ohio EPA as of October 2025." ], [ "West Good Street waterline replacement, Phase I", 1200000, "2026-2027", "proposed", "About 2,300 linear feet, upsizing 6-inch to 8-inch main. Not yet approved by Council as of October 2025." ], [ "High Street waterline replacement", 4100000, "2027-2028", "proposed", "About 5,500 linear feet of various-sized replacements moving to 12-inch main. Not yet approved by Council as of October 2025." ], [ "General Water Looping (Airport Drive / Rittman Road)", 1700000, "unknown", "proposed", "3,000 linear feet of 8-inch main to eliminate a dead-end system that causes water quality problems and to improve interconnection and fire flows; out for…" ], [ "2025 SSO Reduction Project (design)", 185000, "2025-2026", "planned", "WPCLF loan application for design; direct inflow treatments in SSO areas 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10 plus line repairs in areas 5, 7 and 10, under a 15-year Ohio EPA…" ] ], "stress": "Not a scarcity story, but not stress-free either. Supply is entirely local groundwater from 12 wells, and the city deliberately blends deep sandstone bedrock wells with shallow buried-valley wells to hold quality steady year-round. Peak-demand capacity drove development of the Chippewa Creek well field 6.5 miles away in Wayne County…", "sew": { "s": "City-owned wastewater treatment plant at 1015 Airport Dr., originally constructed in 1953 and rated Class IV, with an average daily design capacity of 5 MGD, peak hydraulic capacity of 10 MGD and an actual average daily flow of about 3.8 MGD. Treatment train: mechanical screening, vortex grit removal, primary clarification, aeration…", "st": "The city runs a separate stormwater utility - Fund 602, Storm Water Operating Fund, appears as its own enterprise fund in the 2026 budget - alongside an NPDES stormwater program. No stormwater fee amount or specific flooding problem was found in the sources…" }, "fun": [ "Part of Wadsworth's water comes from a well field entirely outside Medina County - in Chippewa Township, Wayne County, about 6.5 miles away - drilled into the Chippewa Creek buried-valley aquifer, which can yield…", "Getting that well field online took a fight: a citizens' group called Save Our Water challenged the project, and the city settled with monitoring requirements attached before the well could proceed.", "The city mixes deep sandstone bedrock wells with shallow glacial buried-valley wells specifically so water quality stays consistent through the seasons.", "Wadsworth's wastewater plant discharges into the River Styx - a real creek in Medina County.", "The plant's 50-year-old floating digester cover corroded out of shape and jammed inside the tank; before picking a $2.3 million replacement, Wadsworth staff drove to Kent to see its ballast-type cover and to Lakewood to…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadsworth,_Ohio", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/215/Water-Treatment", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/321", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/29/public%20comment%20docs/LER-FNSI-Wadsworth-11640.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/215/Water-Treatment", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/321" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/215/Water-Treatment", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10142025-759" ], "rates": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/192/Water-Rates", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/DocumentCenter/View/8017", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/29/public%20comment%20docs/LER-FNSI-Wadsworth-11640.pdf" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/321" ], "projects": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10142025-759", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/29/public%20comment%20docs/LER-FNSI-Wadsworth-11640.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10142025-759" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/244/The-Solution", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/321", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10142025-759" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/199/Wastewater-Treatment", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/29/public%20comment%20docs/LER-FNSI-Wadsworth-11640.pdf", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10142025-759" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/244/The-Solution", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/215/Water-Treatment", "https://www.wadsworthcity.com/199/Wastewater-Treatment", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/29/public%20comment%20docs/LER-FNSI-Wadsworth-11640.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44281", "share": 0.7068, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5201712.jpg", "caption": "Bird's-eye view of Wadsworth, Ohio", "credit": "This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Columbus Metropolitan Library ", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5201712/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5201712.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), \"Wadsworth City · OH5201712\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5201712/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }