{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5703612", "name": "Huber Heights Public Water System", "county": "Montgomery", "population": 43439, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer (wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 5, "aquifer": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer", "notes": "Huber Heights operates its own 5 wells drawing from the Great Miami Valley Buried Aquifer (Mad River area), unrelated to Dayton's supply.", "urls": [ "https://www.hhoh.org/DocumentCenter/View/7819/2025-Annual-Drinking-Water-Quality-Report-PDF", "https://www.hhoh.org/572/Reports-Findings", "https://www.daytonohio.gov/1163/Buried-Valley-Aquifer" ], "chain": [ "OH5703612" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Huber Heights Public Water System (Needmore Road & Rip Rap Road Water Treatment ", "a": "Huber Heights, OH 45424 (Needmore Rd / Rip Rap Rd plant addresses not confirmed; Water & Wastewater Division office at…", "la": 39.8446, "lo": -84.1247, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer", "src": "Wells in the Great Miami buried-valley aquifer, pumped to the Needmore Road and Rip Rap Road treatment plants", "cls": "groundwater", "in": [ { "n": "Rip Rap Road Well Field", "wb": "Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer (sand and gravel valley fill)", "role": "primary", "src": "All five city wells sit at the Rip Rap Road plant beside the Great Miami River; the old Needmore Road plant was retired in 2020. (5 wells)", "la": 39.862, "lo": -84.17, "pt": "plant", "sh": 100, "wells": [ "Well R", "Well R", "Well 3", "Well 4", "Well 6" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "2020", "Ohio EPA's statewide PFAS sweep tested the Huber Heights system; the city-posted findings letter says PFAS were not detected." ], [ "2023", "City posted a Water Integrity Study on aging water infrastructure and held a March 15 water infrastructure town hall." ], [ "2023", "Veolia Water published its annual report for the Huber Heights system, confirming Veolia already operated the utility." ], [ "2026", "The 2025 CCR, distributed May 2026, reports no water quality violations and a current unconditional license to operate." ] ], "treat": "Per the 2025 CCR, all customers are served by the Rip Rap Road Water Treatment Plant, treating well water from the Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer. Chlorine disinfection and fluoridation are documented; no softening or filtration step is described.", "press": "Not published; no city page or CCR document states a psi figure.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "No per-1,000-gallon rate is published. The city's billing page says charges are meter-based and vary by service area, and points to the municipal code.", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "22.2", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range 21.2-22.2 ppb; well under the MCL." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.15", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Fertilizer runoff and septic leaching; far below the MCL." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "0.00", "ppb", "15", "2025", "Action level 15 ppb; 0 of 30 samples exceeded it." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.380", "ppm", "1.3", "2025", "Action level 1.3 ppm; 0 of 30 samples exceeded it." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.964", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Running annual average; range 0.91-1.02. Added to promote strong teeth." ], [ "Barium", "0.140", "ppm", "2", "2024", "Erosion of natural deposits; well below the MCL." ], [ "Combined radium", "0.702", "pCi/L", "5", "2021", "Naturally occurring; monitored less than annually." ], [ "PFAS (six Ohio-listed compounds)", "ND", "ppt", "n/a", "2020", "Ohio EPA findings letter: not detected in samples from this system." ] ], "proj": [ [ "2025 Water Main Replacement Project", null, "2025", "under construction", "Latest in an annual program; the city posts replacement maps for 2010-2021, 2022, 2023-2024 and 2025. No cost figure published." ] ], "plan": [ [ "Water service line inventory", null, "2025", "completed", "Required by the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions; the inventory is published at hhoh.org/654/water-service-line-inventory." ] ], "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment found the raw supply has HIGH susceptibility to contamination: a relatively thin clay layer over the aquifer, shallow aquifer depth, and potential contaminant sources inside the protection areas. Ohio EPA's 2020 PFAS sampling found none.", "sew": { "s": "The city's Division of Water and Wastewater, operated under contract by Veolia, provides sewer COLLECTION service. No city-owned treatment plant, capacity, receiving stream, or consent decree was found, and the treatment provider is not identified in city sources.", "st": "Not detailed in any city source retrieved; no stormwater utility or fee was confirmed." }, "fun": [ "A single plant carries the whole city: the 2025 CCR says the Rip Rap Road Water Treatment Plant supplies the distribution system throughout the year.", "The city owns the water and sewer system but Veolia runs it day to day - every technical contact listed in the CCR is a Veolia employee.", "Lead's 90th-percentile result was 0.00 ppb in 2025; zero of 30 sampled homes showed lead above the action level.", "Ohio EPA's statewide PFAS sweep tested Huber Heights in 2020 and found none of the six targeted compounds." ] }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45424", "share": 0.7043, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "45371", "share": 0.2309, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5703612.jpg", "caption": "The Great Miami River at Rip Rap Road, Huber Heights, near the Rip Rap Road Well Field", "credit": "Logan Rickert", "license": "CC BY 2.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5703612/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5703612.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), \"Huber Heights Public Water System · OH5703612\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5703612/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }