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  "pwsid": "OH5401312",
  "name": "St. Henry Village",
  "county": "Mercer",
  "population": 2596,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (12 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 12,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
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  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1837",
        "St. Henry founded and platted by German settler Johann Heinrich Römer, on land his brother Franz sold him July 7, 1837."
      ],
      [
        "1850",
        "Village post office opened."
      ],
      [
        "1897",
        "St. Henry's Catholic Church, now on the National Register of Historic Places, completed."
      ],
      [
        "1901",
        "St. Henry incorporated as a village."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Village-operated groundwater system. No CCR could be located online (the linked PDFs on the village's own site are dead), so the treatment process and exact well count could not be independently confirmed here — the input lists 12 wells, while one secondary source suggests 7 wells at 250 ft depth…",
    "press": "Not published in any source found.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 4.35,
      "n": "Per the village's current rates page: in-village minimum $10.00 for the first 2,000 gal, plus $4.35 per additional 1,000 gal, plus a separate $10.00 water improvement surcharge…",
      "m": 10
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Per the same village rates page: in-village sewer is billed on an identical structure to water — $10.00 minimum (first 2,000 gal) + $4.35/1,000 gal additional + a $10.00 wastewater improvement surcharge; outside-village is $17.00 + $7.43/1,000 gal + the surcharge. (Flagging explicitly: this is the SEWER rate, structured identically to…",
      "st": ""
    },
    "fun": [
      "The village is named for St. Henry, Holy Roman Emperor, because the town plat was recorded on July 13 — his feast day.",
      "St. Henry's groundwater system serves a Mercer County farm town founded by a single German settler, Johann Heinrich Römer, in 1837.",
      "The town's Catholic church, completed in 1897, is a National Register of Historic Places landmark.",
      "St. Henry won a 2012 'Best Municipal Water in the USA' award in a blind sniff-and-taste contest judged by an 11-member media panel; local officials credited it partly to the plant not softening its water. (Dayton Daily…"
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Henry,_Ohio"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/henry-earns-best-tap-water-award/SUXu3l72pmKJYurSmqYZHK/"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://sthenryoh.gov/municipal/rates/"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://sthenryoh.gov/municipal/rates/"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Henry,_Ohio",
        "https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/henry-earns-best-tap-water-award/SUXu3l72pmKJYurSmqYZHK/"
      ]
    }
  },
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      "zip": "45883",
      "share": 0.6225,
      "dominant": true
    }
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  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH5401312.jpg",
    "caption": "St. Henry Catholic Church along State Route 119 in St. Henry, Ohio",
    "credit": "Nyttend",
    "license": "Public domain"
  },
  "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5401312/",
  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5401312.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), \"St. Henry Village · OH5401312\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5401312/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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