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  "name": "Pleasant Hill Village",
  "county": "Miami",
  "population": 1226,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1843",
        "Village originally platted as 'Newton'; a post office had already operated under the name Pleasant Hill since 1839."
      ],
      [
        "1866",
        "Village of Pleasant Hill formally incorporates."
      ],
      [
        "1992",
        "Nitrate monitoring begins showing manmade-contaminant levels above the level of concern, recurring intermittently since (Below Detectable Limits up to 7.0 ppm against a 10 ppm MCL)."
      ],
      [
        "2003",
        "Village adopts a wellhead protection plan, endorsed by Ohio EPA, after a source-water assessment finds the aquifer 'high susceptibility to contamination.'"
      ],
      [
        "2023",
        "Ordinance 1130 (passed Dec. 19, 2022) sets the current bi-monthly water rate structure, effective with the billing period beginning January 1, 2023."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater drawn from an aquifer along the Stillwater River, on village-owned property on the northwest side of the village, via three wells with 30-horsepower submersible pumps (290 gallons/minute combined). Chlorine is added to kill harmful bacteria before the water is pumped throughout the…",
    "press": "Not published — no psi figure appears in the CCR or any other located source; only well pumping rate (290 gpm) and daily usage (~83,500 gal/day) are documented.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 4.3,
      "n": "Ordinance 1130 (passed Dec. 19, 2022, effective with the billing period beginning Jan 1, 2023, still the current ordinance): bi-monthly minimum $21.00 covers 0-2,000 gallons…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "2.2",
        "ppb",
        "AL 15",
        "2025",
        "0 of 10 samples exceeded the lead action level of 15 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.137",
        "ppm",
        "AL 1.3",
        "2025",
        "0 of 10 samples exceeded the copper action level of 1.3 ppm (CCR table cell shows a '1.37' typo, but the CCR's own…"
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.64",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "From fertilizer runoff/septic leaching/erosion of deposits; well below the 10 ppm health limit despite long-term local…"
      ],
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "0.8",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Range 0-0.8 ppb; disinfection by-product."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "0",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Not detected."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine residual",
        "0.88",
        "ppm",
        "MRDL 4",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.73-1.06 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Gross Alpha",
        "3.3",
        "pCi/L",
        "15",
        "2021",
        "Naturally occurring radioactivity."
      ],
      [
        "Radium",
        "0.510",
        "pCi/L",
        "5",
        "2021",
        "Naturally occurring radioactivity."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.0396",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2024",
        "Erosion of natural deposits / discharge from metal refinery / drilling waste."
      ],
      [
        "Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate",
        "0.3",
        "ppb",
        "6",
        "2023",
        "Discharge from rubber and chemical factories."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Williams Street water main replacement",
        null,
        "",
        "planned",
        "Listed in the 2025 CCR ('Planned future projects include replacing the water main on Williams Street and new fire hydrants') as an upcoming improvement; the…"
      ],
      [
        "New fire hydrants",
        null,
        "",
        "planned",
        "Listed alongside the Williams Street main replacement in the 2025 CCR; no specific year or cost given."
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA's 2003 source water assessment rated the aquifer 'high susceptibility to contamination,' based on a relatively thin clay layer covering the aquifer, potential contaminant sources within the protection area, and manmade contaminants (nitrate) detected in treated water since 1992, ranging from below detectable limits up to 7.0 ppm…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Water and sewer are billed together on a bi-monthly cycle; the village's Water & Sewer page states the flat capital-charge portion of the bill is '$15 water plus $22 sewer per billing cycle,' with a separate usage-based charge on top. The sewer treatment plant's name, capacity, and receiving stream were not confirmed in available sources.",
      "st": "Not found in available sources — no dedicated stormwater fee or flooding history was located beyond the general utility billing structure."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Pleasant Hill's wells sit on village-owned land along the Stillwater River and pump at a combined rate of 290 gallons per minute via 30-horsepower submersible pumps.",
      "The village was originally platted under the name 'Newton' in 1843 even though its post office had used the name Pleasant Hill since 1839.",
      "Nitrate has been tracked as a contaminant of concern in Pleasant Hill's water since 1992, reaching as high as 7.0 ppm against the 10 ppm federal limit.",
      "The village uses about 83,500 gallons of water per day for a population of roughly 1,226."
    ],
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        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Hill,_Ohio"
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      "treatment": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025-Final-1.pdf"
      ],
      "pressure": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025-Final-1.pdf"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ordinance-1130-water-rates-repealing-1113.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025-Final-1.pdf"
      ],
      "planned": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025-Final-1.pdf"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025-Final-1.pdf"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/departments/water-sewer-department/"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://www.pleasanthillohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025-Final-1.pdf",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Hill,_Ohio"
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