{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5501711", "name": "West Milton Village", "county": "Miami", "population": 4890, "producer": false, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer (wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": null, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH5501711", "OH5501612" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1807", "Initial settlement of what became West Milton." ], [ "1824", "Post office established under the name 'Milton.'" ], [ "1829", "Name changed to West Milton; the community is named for English poet John Milton." ], [ "1834", "Village incorporated (Wikipedia gives the date as approximate)." ], [ "2025", "Village facility pumped about 120.02 million gallons of purchased Troy water and held an unconditioned Ohio EPA license to operate." ], [ "2025", "Village advertised sealed bids (Oct 2025, due Nov 13, 2025) for its Sanitary Sewer Trunk Line Replacement Project." ] ], "treat": "West Milton owns no source of supply: it buys finished drinking water from the City of Troy, whose wellfield draws on the Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer. Within its own system the village adds fluoride for dental health and additional chlorine to hold a disinfectant residual across the…", "press": "Not published. Neither the village website nor the 2025 CCR states a distribution system pressure.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "No water rate schedule is published. The village's own fee-schedule page (westmiltonohio.gov/feeschedule) reads 'TBD', and the utilities, utility-forms, FAQ…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "43.7 (range…", "ppb", "80 ppb MCL", "2025", "Highest single detection is about 55% of the MCL; disinfection by-product formed in the purchased Troy water plus West…" ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "<6.0 (range…", "ppb", "60 ppb MCL", "2025", "" ], [ "Total chlorine", "0.92 (range…", "ppm", "4 ppm MRDL", "2025", "CCR prints the average as 0.924167 ppm." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.23 (range…", "ppm", "4 ppm MCL", "2025", "West Milton fluoridates the purchased water." ], [ "Barium", "0.0469", "ppm", "2 ppm MCL", "2025", "" ], [ "Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)", "0.2 (range…", "ppb", "5 ppb MCL", "2025", "Trace industrial solvent detection in the Troy-sourced water; 4% of the MCL." ], [ "Trichloroethylene (TCE)", "0.1 (range…", "ppb", "5 ppb MCL", "2025", "Trace industrial solvent detection; 2% of the MCL." ], [ "cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene", "0.4 (range…", "ppb", "70 ppb MCL", "2025", "Common breakdown product of PCE/TCE." ], [ "Lead", "0 (90th…", "ppb", "15 ppb action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples above the action level." ], [ "Copper", "0.057 (90th…", "ppm", "1.3 ppm action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples above the action level." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Sanitary Sewer Trunk Line Replacement Project", null, "2026", "under construction", "Listed as a 2026 utilities project; sealed bids advertised October 2025, due November 13, 2025. No cost is published by the village." ] ], "plan": [ [ "Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Replacement", null, "2027-2031", "planned", "Listed on the village projects page; an RFQ for engineering services on wastewater collection and treatment improvements was issued February 2026 (system…" ], [ "Water Tower Repainting", null, "2027", "planned", "Listed on the village projects page. No cost is published." ] ], "stress": "The vulnerability is in the source, not the supply volume. West Milton's 2025 CCR states that Troy's wellfield sits above a buried valley aquifer that 'provides limited natural protection' from infiltrating contamination, and that the aquifer supplying Troy is therefore considered highly susceptible to contamination; Troy runs a wellhead…", "sew": { "s": "Village-operated, not county. The village utilities department runs its own wastewater treatment plant 24 hours a day; the February 2026 wastewater RFQ puts the collection and treatment system at roughly 2,200 wastewater customers for a population of about 4,700. A sanitary sewer trunk line replacement is underway and a full WWTP…", "st": "The village utilities department covers stormwater alongside water and wastewater ('Water, Wastewater, Stormwater'). Whether the storm system is fully separated from sanitary sewers, and whether a stormwater fee is charged, is not published on the village…" }, "fun": [ "West Milton is named for the English poet John Milton, and was plain 'Milton' for five years (1824-1829) before the 'West' was added.", "The village buys every gallon it sells from the City of Troy, yet still operates what it calls the West Milton Water Treatment Plant - it pumped about 120.02 million gallons in 2025 while adding fluoride and a second…", "Troy's wellfield sits over a buried valley aquifer that Ohio EPA rates highly susceptible to contamination, and West Milton's 2025 tap water carried trace tetrachloroethylene (0.2 ppb) and trichloroethylene (0.1 ppb) -…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Milton,_Ohio", "https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/westmiltonoh/2026/06/2025-ccr-312265b8.pdf", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/sealed-bid-for-sanitary-sewer-trunk-line-replacement-project/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/west-milton-wastewater-rfq/" ], "treatment": [ "https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/westmiltonoh/2026/06/2025-ccr-312265b8.pdf", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/water-quality-report/" ], "rates": [ "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/feeschedule/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/departments/utilities/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/new-resident-water-sewer-and-refuse-contract/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/utility-forms/" ], "impurities": [ "https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/westmiltonoh/2026/06/2025-ccr-312265b8.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/villageprojects/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/sealed-bid-for-sanitary-sewer-trunk-line-replacement-project/" ], "planned": [ "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/villageprojects/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/west-milton-wastewater-rfq/" ], "water_stress": [ "https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/westmiltonoh/2026/06/2025-ccr-312265b8.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/departments/utilities/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/west-milton-wastewater-rfq/", "https://www.westmiltonohio.gov/villageprojects/" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Milton,_Ohio", "https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/westmiltonoh/2026/06/2025-ccr-312265b8.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45383", "share": 0.6588, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5501711.jpg", "caption": "McKinley School in West Milton, Ohio, home of a system supplied by the Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer wells.", "credit": "Nyttend", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5501711/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5501711.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), \"West Milton Village · OH5501711\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5501711/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }