{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5300612", "name": "Tuppers Plains/chester Water District", "county": "Meigs", "population": 16087, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Local groundwater wells near Long Bottom (Ohio River valley area)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 6, "aquifer": "", "notes": "District's WTP in Long Bottom draws from 6 wells (~1.2 MGD combined); the specific named aquifer is not documented in available sources beyond \"groundwater/wells\" near the Ohio River in Meigs County.", "urls": [ "https://tpcwd.org/about-us", "https://web.ohioruralwater.org/System/Tuppers-PlainsChester-Water-District-616" ], "chain": [ "OH5300612" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Tuppers Plains-Chester Water District Treatment Plant", "a": "Near Long Bottom, Meigs County, OH (exact plant street address not verified)", "la": 39.1359, "lo": -81.8062, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Ohio River valley alluvial groundwater", "src": "Local groundwater wells in the Ohio River valley near Long Bottom", "cls": "groundwater", "in": [ { "n": "Long Bottom Well Field", "wb": "Ohio River valley aquifer (unconsolidated sand-and-gravel valley fill along the Ohio River)", "role": "primary", "src": "All six of the district's production wells sit in the Ohio River bottomlands near Long Bottom, Meigs County, drawing from river-valley sand and gravel; combined average yield about 1.2 million gallons/day. (6 wells)", "la": 39.1359, "lo": -81.8062, "pt": "plant", "wells": [ "Well 1", "Well 2", "Well 3", "Well 4", "Well 5B", "Well 6" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1966", "Tuppers Plains-Chester Water District created December 31, 1966 as a nonprofit government entity of Ohio under ORC Chapter 6119; original water board trustees were Lindsey L. Lyons Jr., Carl J.…" ], [ "2024", "Ohio River crested above 41 feet on April 5, putting part of the Long Bottom wellfield underwater; a raw untreated sample taken April 6 tested positive for E. coli and customers were notified that…" ], [ "2026", "Ohio EPA announced April 7 that the district would receive $4 million from the DuPont PFAS settlement distribution to install waterline extensions serving homeowners with PFOA-contaminated private…" ] ], "treat": "Water is drawn from seven wells at Long Bottom in the Ohio River valley, tapping the Ohio Valley Aquifer, and treated at the district's plant on Sand Hill Cemetery Road, across SR 124 from the wellfield. The district states its treatment process removes C-8 (PFOA) and other 'forever chemicals'…", "press": "Not published. The district's CCR mentions 'normal water pressures of around 50 psi' only as a generic illustration in a warning about thermal expansion damage in home plumbing…", "rate": { "g": 7.5, "n": "Rates differ by service area, and only the monthly minimum differs -- the volumetric tiers are identical across all three. Original system: $28.30 per month minimum including the…", "m": 35.8 }, "imp": [ [ "Nitrate (as N)", "1.52", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Runoff from fertilizer use; erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.91", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Range 0.76-1.07 ppm; natural deposits plus the additive the district doses at the plant." ], [ "Barium", "0.050", "ppm", "2", "2024", "Mineral deposits, drilling waste. Monitored less than annually." ], [ "Total Chlorine", "1.13", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 0.87-1.71 ppm; disinfection residual." ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "16.0", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range as printed 16.2-16.5 ppb; no violation. Well under the MCL, as expected for a groundwater system with low organic…" ], [ "Gross alpha particle activity", "0.19", "pCi/L", "15", "2021", "Natural background sources and decay of radionuclides; monitored less than annually." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "1.3", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "0 of 30 sampled homes over the action level. The district samples 30 homes each year." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "121", "ppb", "1300 (action…", "2025", "0 of 30 sampled homes over the action level. Equivalent to 0.121 ppm against a 1.3 ppm action level." ], [ "Hardness (calcium, finished water)", "110-150", "mg/L", "no standard…", "2025", "Reported by the district after softening; it warns customers to flush hot water heaters every 6-12 months to control…" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Phase 10 Water System Improvements", 6800000, "", "completed", "Roughly 45,600 feet of 12-inch, 10-inch, and 8-inch waterline replacement, a new 250,000-gallon elevated storage tank, a new above-grade 500 gpm booster…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "DuPont settlement waterline extensions to PFAS-contaminated private wells", 4000000, "2026", "planned", "Announced by Ohio EPA on April 7, 2026 as part of a $65 million distribution from the DuPont PFAS settlement. The extensions will connect homeowners in Meigs…" ], [ "SR 248 and Bashan Road Water Line Replacement", null, "", "planned", "Replacement of approximately 17,800 feet of outdated and undersized water main with new 12-inch and 10-inch PVC C900 waterline plus 41 service replacements in…" ], [ "Water Line Improvements 2025 (Athens and Meigs Counties)", null, "2026", "planned", "Waterline improvements to be financed through Ohio EPA's Water Supply Revolving Loan Account; an Ohio EPA Limited Environmental Review was issued and the…" ] ], "stress": "The most substantiated risk is contamination, not scarcity. Ohio EPA's Drinking Water Source Assessment determined the district's aquifer has HIGH susceptibility to contamination, and the district has built a source water protection plan around it. The Long Bottom wellfield sits in the Ohio River floodplain: when the river passed 41 feet…", "sew": { "s": "The district supplies water only and provides no sewer service. Households across its Meigs and Athens County service area are generally on individual septic systems; the district's own PFAS waterline extension work is aimed at homes on private wells, and its customer materials repeatedly address septic-system topics. No district-owned…", "st": "Not applicable - the district operates no storm sewer system and publishes nothing on stormwater." }, "fun": [ "The district's treatment plant is built to strip C-8 (PFOA) and other 'forever chemicals' out of the water along with iron and manganese - an unusual capability for a small rural system, and a legacy of PFAS…", "The source is the Ohio Valley Aquifer, tapped by seven wells at Long Bottom; the treatment plant sits on Sand Hill Cemetery Road, directly across SR 124 from the wellfield.", "Twenty-one storage tanks holding over 3.1 million gallons and more than 600 miles of water line serve roughly 5,700 homes across a hilly, sparsely populated two-county area.", "The board is five directors elected by the district's own customers to three-year terms - the founding trustees are still named in every annual water quality report.", "It keeps emergency interconnects with Leading Creek Conservancy District, the Villages of Racine and Syracuse, and the City of Athens, but reports that on average these connections are not used in a given year." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://tpcwd.org/about-us", "https://www.athensmessenger.com/tuppers-plains-chester-water-district-advises-customers-to-boil-drinking-water/article_b37b0344-f4f9-11ee-baaf-cbf4f942cba6.html", "https://www.athensmessenger.com/news/tuppers-plains-chester-water-district-lifts-boil-advisory/article_eb748636-f6c4-11ee-94c3-437ba64c4100.html", "https://tpcwd.org/documents/1571/CCR_2026_for_2025.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://tpcwd.org/documents/1571/CCR_2026_for_2025.pdf", "https://tpcwd.org/documents/1571/CCR_2025_for_2024.pdf", "https://tpcwd.org/about-us" ], "pressure": [ "https://tpcwd.org/documents/1571/CCR_2026_for_2025.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://tpcwd.org/rates-and-policies" ], "impurities": [ "https://tpcwd.org/documents/1571/CCR_2026_for_2025.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://www.verdantas.com/projects/phase-10-water-system-improvements" ], "planned": [ "https://www.wsaz.com/2026/04/07/ohio-epa-announces-65-million-distribution-dupont-settlement/", "https://tpcwd.org/current-projects", "https://civiciq.com/public-rfp/ohio-epa-limited-environmental-review-water-line-improvements-2025" ], "water_stress": [ "https://tpcwd.org/documents/1571/CCR_2026_for_2025.pdf", "https://www.athensmessenger.com/tuppers-plains-chester-water-district-advises-customers-to-boil-drinking-water/article_b37b0344-f4f9-11ee-baaf-cbf4f942cba6.html", "https://www.wsaz.com/2026/04/07/ohio-epa-announces-65-million-distribution-dupont-settlement/", "https://tpcwd.org/about-us" ], "sewer": [ "https://tpcwd.org/about-us", "https://www.wsaz.com/2026/04/07/ohio-epa-announces-65-million-distribution-dupont-settlement/" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://tpcwd.org/documents/1571/CCR_2026_for_2025.pdf", "https://tpcwd.org/about-us", "https://www.athensmessenger.com/news/tuppers-plains-chester-water-district-lifts-boil-advisory/article_eb748636-f6c4-11ee-94c3-437ba64c4100.html" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45783", "share": 1.0, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "45772", "share": 0.0607, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "45723", "share": 0.0566, "dominant": false } ], "photo": null, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5300612/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5300612.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), \"Tuppers Plains/chester Water District · OH5300612\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5300612/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }