{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5501612", "name": "Troy City", "county": "Miami", "population": 26305, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer (wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 10, "aquifer": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer", "notes": "10 production wells near the Great Miami River at Miami Shores Golf Course/Troy City Park draw from the buried valley sand-and-gravel aquifer.", "urls": [ "https://troyohio.gov/148/Water-Treatment", "https://www.daytonohio.gov/701/Great-Miami-Buried-Valley-Aquifer" ], "chain": [ "OH5501612" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Troy City Water Treatment Plant", "a": "300 E. Staunton Rd, Troy, OH 45373", "la": 40.055, "lo": -84.195, "pt": "wellfield", "wb": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer", "src": "10 production wells in the Great Miami buried-valley aquifer at Miami Shores Golf Course and Troy Community Park, north of the treatment plant", "cls": "groundwater", "in": [ { "n": "Miami Shores / Community Park Well Field", "wb": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer (glacial sand-and-gravel outwash filling a bedrock valley along the Great Miami River, 30-300 ft thick…", "role": "primary", "src": "All 10 city production wells sit at Miami Shores Golf Course and Troy Community Park north of the treatment plant, drawing from river-recharged sand and gravel (10 wells)", "la": 40.055, "lo": -84.195, "pt": "plant", "wells": [ "Well E (x5)", "Well W (x3)", "Well 16", "Well 19" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1999", "Plant treatment expansion projects completed, raising future treatment capacity to 16 million gallons per day; emergency power added to the plant and both well fields." ], [ "2017", "A new 0.75 million gallon elevated tower on W. Stanfield Road is completed to improve fire flows and reliability in the Extra High Service pressure zone. Water rates set on 1/1/2017 are still the…" ], [ "2022", "November: construction begins on a $11.8 million expansion of the city's wastewater treatment plant, after two years of planning." ], [ "2023", "Troy participates in the fifth round of the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5), which includes PFAS sampling; results are available from the water department on request and are…" ], [ "2024", "October: Phase 1 of the wastewater plant expansion goes online, raising capacity from 7 to 9 MGD, adding a third aeration tank and nutrient-removal technology, and moving the plant from Class III to…" ], [ "2025", "Troy holds an unconditioned license to operate; sampling for 34 contaminants finds most non-detect. Sewer rates rise effective 1/1/2026 while water rates stay at their 2017 level." ] ], "treat": "Ten production wells at Miami Shores Golf Course and Troy Community Park draw from the buried valley sand-and-gravel aquifer associated with the Great Miami River. Raw well water is pumped to the Troy Water Treatment Plant at 300 E. Staunton Road, where it is softened, clarified, disinfected and…", "press": "No psi figures published. The city says only that after treatment water is 'maintained at a sufficient pressure for residential, commercial, industrial, and firefighting…", "rate": { "g": 6.14, "n": "CAUTION - Troy bills water by the cubic foot, not the gallon. Water rates, effective 1/1/2017 (Codified Ordinances 913.01) and unchanged since: inside city, 0-200 cf is covered by…", "m": 23.35 }, "imp": [ [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "20.9", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range 18.7-20.9 ppb. No violation." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "3.0", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range <2.8-3.0 ppb." ], [ "Total chlorine", "0.96", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 0.84-1.00 ppm." ], [ "Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)", "0.2", "ppb", "5", "2025", "Range <0.07-0.2 ppb. Typical source: discharge from industrial chemical factories." ], [ "Trichloroethylene (TCE)", "0.1", "ppb", "5", "2025", "Range <0.08-0.1 ppb." ], [ "cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene", "0.4", "ppb", "70", "2025", "Range <0.04-0.4 ppb." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.38", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Naturally occurring - Troy does not add fluoride. The city says naturally occurring fluoride persists through treatment…" ], [ "Barium", "0.0469", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Erosion of natural deposits." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.244", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Well below the MCL." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "0.5", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "0 of 30 samples over the action level. Copper 90th percentile 0.0346 ppm, 0 of 30 over the 1.3 ppm action level. A…" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Water treatment plant expansion to 16 MGD capacity", null, "1999", "completed", "Treatment expansion projects completed in 1999 allowing future capacity up to 16 MGD; emergency power added to the plant and both well fields. No cost…" ], [ "0.75 MG elevated tower, W. Stanfield Road", null, "2017", "completed", "Built to improve fire flows and system reliability in the Extra High Service pressure zone. No cost published." ], [ "Wastewater treatment plant expansion, Phase 1", 11800000, "2024", "completed", "Construction began November 2022, online October 2024. Raised capacity from 7 to 9 MGD, replaced components up to 50 years old, added a third aeration tank and…" ], [ "Sewer rate increase effective 1/1/2026", null, "2026", "completed", "City sewer volume charge raised to $50.41 per 1,000 cubic feet with an $11.00 minimum on a 5/8-inch meter (Codified Ordinances 915.10); rural rates to $63.01.…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "Wastewater treatment plant expansion, Phase 2", null, "2025", "planned", "Announced in October 2024 as scheduled for completion in 2025; replaces outdated sludge-handling equipment. No separate cost published and no completion notice…" ], [ "Capital Improvements Plan", null, "", "planned", "The city publishes a Capital Improvements Plan as an ArcGIS dashboard map rather than a document; individual water and sewer projects, costs and years could…" ] ], "stress": "Troy's own water quality report states that the wellfield sits above a buried valley aquifer providing 'limited natural protection from contaminations infiltrating into the aquifer,' and that the aquifer supplying Troy is therefore 'considered to be highly susceptible to contamination.' The city runs a comprehensive wellhead protection…", "sew": { "s": "The City of Troy Wastewater Treatment Plant at 1400 Dye Mill Road is a conventional activated sludge plant run in a plug-flow valve configuration, discharging treated effluent to the Great Miami River under an NPDES permit. The city's page still lists a design capacity of 7 MGD with about 5.5 MGD average flow; the Phase 1 expansion that…", "st": "Not documented. No storm water utility, storm sewer rate or separate storm system description appears in Troy's master fee schedule or on the wastewater and utility pages reviewed." }, "fun": [ "Troy's ten production wells sit under a public golf course (Miami Shores) and a city park, tapping the glacial-outwash sand and gravel buried along the ancient course of the Great Miami River.", "Troy does not fluoridate its water - twice, by referendum, residents voted against it. The 0.38 ppm of fluoride in the tap is what nature put in the aquifer and treatment left behind.", "Water rates in Troy have not changed since January 1, 2017, even as the city raised sewer rates for 2026.", "The plant has treatment capacity for 16 million gallons a day but averaged 3.66 million in 2025 and peaked at 5.62 million - roughly a third of what it could produce.", "Troy's own utility fee schedule contains an order-of-magnitude typo, describing 1,000 cubic feet of sewage as 'approximately 75,000 gallons.' It is about 7,480." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://troyohio.gov/403/Treatment-Process-More-Information", "https://troyohio.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=906", "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/825", "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7604/Fees---Utilities" ], "treatment": [ "https://troyohio.gov/148/Water-Treatment", "https://troyohio.gov/403/Treatment-Process-More-Information", "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/825", "https://troyohio.gov/1872/Water-Treatment-FAQs" ], "pressure": [ "https://troyohio.gov/403/Treatment-Process-More-Information" ], "rates": [ "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7604/Fees---Utilities", "https://troyohio.gov/233/Utility-Billing-Collection" ], "impurities": [ "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/825", "https://troyohio.gov/1872/Water-Treatment-FAQs" ], "projects": [ "https://troyohio.gov/403/Treatment-Process-More-Information", "https://troyohio.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=906", "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7604/Fees---Utilities" ], "planned": [ "https://troyohio.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=906", "https://troyohio.gov/" ], "water_stress": [ "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/825", "https://troyohio.gov/403/Treatment-Process-More-Information" ], "sewer": [ "https://troyohio.gov/161/wastewater-treatment", "https://troyohio.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=906", "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7604/Fees---Utilities" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://troyohio.gov/1872/Water-Treatment-FAQs", "https://troyohio.gov/148/Water-Treatment", "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/825", "https://troyohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7604/Fees---Utilities" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45373", "share": 0.6472, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5501612.jpg", "caption": "Adams Street Bridge over the Great Miami River in Troy, Ohio", "credit": "Antony-22", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5501612/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5501612.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), \"Troy City · OH5501612\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5501612/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }