{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5300112", "name": "Middleport Village", "county": "Meigs", "population": 2446, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 3, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH5300112" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Middleport Village Water Treatment Plant (WTP 2 & WTP 3, blended)", "a": "Middleport, OH 45760", "la": 39.0011, "lo": -82.1004, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Local groundwater aquifer (Ohio River valley wells), Meigs County", "src": "Municipal wellfield of three wells feeding the village's water treatment plant (recorded by EPA as WTP 2 and WTP 3 units at one site)", "cls": "groundwater" } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1798", "Village history dates the original Leading Creek Settlement to 1798, settled by New Englanders and Revolutionary War veterans arriving by flatboat from Marietta, followed by German immigrants." ], [ "1820s", "The village itself was laid out during the 1820s. It carried three earlier names - Sheffield, Coalport and Salisbury - and absorbed nearby settlements including Vinton and Tarker's Landing." ], [ "1920", "Population peaks at 3,772, then declines through the century to 2,530 in 2010 and 2,208 in 2020." ], [ "2024", "Village operated its three-well groundwater system (Wells #4, #7, #8, all in use) with no violations in any category of the CCR table and a current unconditional License to Operate." ], [ "2025", "Environmental assessment for the ARC-funded Third Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements signed Aug. 12, 2025 with a Finding of No Significant Impact; combined FONSI / notice of intent to request release…" ] ], "treat": "Groundwater from three production wells (#4, #7 and #8) in the Ohio River Valley aquifer, all in service. The CCR reports a total chlorine running annual average of 1.066 ppm, confirming chlorination, and disinfection by-products are detected; the report does not otherwise describe the treatment…", "press": "Not published. The 2024 CCR and the village website give no system pressure figures and no pressure-zone map.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Not published. The village homepage, FAQ and water-quality pages carry no water or sewer rate schedule; customers are directed to the AuthorityPay portal…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Nitrate", "4.69", "ppm", "10 ppm MCL", "2024", "CCR shows range 0.7-4.49 ppm (as printed, the level found exceeds the stated range top). Runoff from fertilizer…" ], [ "Barium", "0.065", "ppm", "2.0 ppm MCL", "2024", "Range 0.0515-0.0644. Erosion of natural deposits; discharge of drilling wastes and from metal refineries." ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "14.3", "ppb", "80 ppb MCL", "2024", "Range 11.6-14.3 ppb. By-product of chlorination." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "4.8", "ppb", "60 ppb MCL", "2024", "Range <2.4-4.8 ppb. By-product of chlorination." ], [ "Total chlorine (running annual average)", "1.066", "ppm", "MRDL 4 ppm", "2024", "Range 1.09-2.19 ppm as printed in the CCR." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "1.5", "ppb", "15 ppb action…", "2024", "Zero of 10 samples exceeded the action level." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.151", "ppm", "1.3 ppm action…", "2024", "Zero of 10 samples exceeded the action level." ], [ "Gross alpha / radon", "15.8", "pCi/L", "15 pCi/L MCL", "2024", "Confirmed verbatim in the CCR table: level found 15.8 pCi/L, range 15.8 pCi/L, MCL 15 pCi/L, Violations column 'No'.…" ], [ "Radium 226-228", "3.62", "pCi/L", "5 pCi/L MCL", "2024", "Erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl…", "detected below…", "not stated", "Ohio EPA action…", "2024", "Sampled under Ohio's statewide PFAS Sampling Initiative; the CCR reports detection below the Ohio EPA action level with…" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Water system upgrades - Grant, Beech, Lincoln and South 5th Avenue", null, "2025", "unknown", "The only public record is an April 2025 service-interruption notice announcing a roughly four-hour shutoff on those streets 'due to water system upgrades.' No…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "Third Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements", null, "2025", "planned", "ARC Grant No. 25 OH-22073. Approximately 170 feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer main in the Third Street right-of-way, plus six 6-inch lateral lines totaling 260…" ] ], "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the Middleport well field HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY to contamination - it is a shallow alluvial aquifer in the Ohio River valley. Quantity is not the constraint: average daily use in 2024 was 140,800 gallons across three wells, and the Pomeroy interconnection was not needed at all during the year. The…", "sew": { "s": "Village-operated sanitary collection. The 2025 federal environmental assessment for the ARC-funded Third Street project states plainly that 'Middleport has combined sewer and storm collections systems, which causes the combined sewers to often exceed their capacity, especially during heavy rain events. This results in discharges of…", "st": "Not separate. Per the same 2025 environmental assessment, storm collection is combined with the sanitary system, and the combined sewers overflow to the Ohio River in heavy rain. No standalone stormwater utility or fee is published." }, "fun": [ "The name Middleport refers to the town's spot on the Ohio River roughly halfway between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati; the site went by Sheffield, Coalport and Salisbury before that.", "The village keeps a standing back-up water connection to neighboring Pomeroy - and reported in its 2024 CCR that it never had to open it that year.", "Middleport's 2024 gross alpha result, 15.8 pCi/L, came in numerically above the 15 pCi/L MCL, yet the CCR's Violations column for that row reads 'No.'", "The village still runs combined sewers, so heavy rain sends untreated stormwater and sewage into the Ohio River - the problem a 2025 Appalachian Regional Commission grant on Third Street is meant to chip away at.", "Middleport publishes essentially nothing about what water costs: no rate ordinance, no schedule, just a link to a third-party payment portal." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/history", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleport,_Ohio", "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-06/drinking_water_consumer_confidence_report_for_2024.docx", "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-08/environmental_assessment-vom-third_street_sanitary_sewer_improvements_1.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-06/drinking_water_consumer_confidence_report_for_2024.docx" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-06/drinking_water_consumer_confidence_report_for_2024.docx", "https://www.middleportohio.com/" ], "rates": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/", "https://www.middleportohio.com/faq", "https://www.middleportohio.com/water-quality-reports" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-06/drinking_water_consumer_confidence_report_for_2024.docx" ], "projects": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/news/water-service-be-temporarily-interrupted-tuesday-429", "https://www.middleportohio.com/news-announcements" ], "planned": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/news/village-middleport-third-street-sanitary-sewer-improvements", "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-08/environmental_assessment-vom-third_street_sanitary_sewer_improvements_1.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-06/drinking_water_consumer_confidence_report_for_2024.docx" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-08/environmental_assessment-vom-third_street_sanitary_sewer_improvements_1.pdf", "https://www.middleportohio.com/news/village-middleport-third-street-sanitary-sewer-improvements" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleport,_Ohio", "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-06/drinking_water_consumer_confidence_report_for_2024.docx", "https://www.middleportohio.com/sites/default/files/2025-08/environmental_assessment-vom-third_street_sanitary_sewer_improvements_1.pdf", "https://www.middleportohio.com/faq" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45760", "share": 0.6652, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "45620", "share": 0.0766, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "45769", "share": 0.0034, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5300112.jpg", "caption": "North 2nd Avenue in downtown Middleport, Ohio", "credit": "Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant)", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0 us" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5300112/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5300112.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), \"Middleport Village · OH5300112\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5300112/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }