{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH5900712", "name": "Mt Gilead Village", "county": "Morrow", "population": 3503, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (5 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 5, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH5900712" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1817", "Settlement began at the site, listed under the name Whetsom though generally called Youngstown, per the Village of Mount Gilead's own local-history page." ], [ "1832", "The Ohio legislature changed the name to Mount Gilead; the village was incorporated in 1839." ], [ "1848", "Morrow County was formed and Mount Gilead became the county seat; the village's population was about 400." ], [ "2012", "Ohio EPA completed a Source Water Susceptibility Analysis for the Mt. Gilead well field, rating its susceptibility to contamination as moderate." ], [ "2025", "Council approved raising the base water rate $5 per year for 2026, 2027 and 2028 (March), and in the same month the village nominated its water treatment plant Phase 1 project for an Ohio EPA Water…" ], [ "2025", "Bid package for the WTP Improvements Phase 1 project advertised September 19 and bids opened November 12, with an 18-month construction period scheduled to run January 2026 to July 2027." ] ], "treat": "Five village-owned wells in the north-central part of town, just east of State Route 61 with an access drive at 352 E. Union Street, draw from the Johnstown Complex sand-and-gravel aquifer (more than 20 feet to water, under roughly 50 feet of glacial till). Water is treated at the village's own…", "press": "Not published. Neither the 2025 CCR nor the GPD Group WTP improvements presentation states a typical distribution pressure; the presentation only notes that a new plant pressure…", "rate": { "g": 6.36, "n": "Codified Ordinance 911.01 (last amended by Ord. 1674, passed 7-16-12) sets a minimum charge of $20.72 per month for the first 300 cubic feet and $4.76 per 100 cubic feet above…", "m": 43.24 }, "imp": [ [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "12.64", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "2 of 20 sampled homes exceeded the 15 ppb lead action level, though the 90th percentile stayed below it." ], [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "27.95", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range of detections 19.0-36.9 ppb." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "2.95", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range 0-5.9 ppb." ], [ "Arsenic", "4.25", "ppb", "10", "2025", "Range 4.0-5.0 ppb; the CCR carries the standard advisory that the water meets the arsenic standard but does contain low…" ], [ "Nitrate", "0.36", "mg/L", "10", "2025", "" ], [ "Total chlorine", "1.6", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 1.08-1.95 ppm." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.514", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2025", "0 of 20 samples above the action level." ], [ "Barium", "0.0504", "mg/L", "2", "2024", "" ], [ "Fluoride", "0.9", "mg/L", "4", "2024", "" ], [ "Beryllium", "0.06", "ppb", "4", "2024", "" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Mt. Gilead WTP Improvements, Phase 1 - construction", 6250000, "2026", "under construction", "GPD Group engineer's estimate of probable construction cost, including a $400,000 contingency that may not be used. Scope: three new 0.5 MGD iron filters…" ], [ "Phase 1 construction management, observation and technical assistance", 450000, "2026", "under construction", "Separate from the construction estimate, per the GPD Group funding slide." ] ], "plan": [ [ "Mt. Gilead WTP Improvements, Phase 2", null, "", "planned", "Scope named in the GPD presentation: new motor control center, new generator, new HVAC and miscellaneous domestic plumbing, and a new aerator. No cost estimate…" ] ], "stress": "Groundwater from a five-well field in the Johnstown Complex sand-and-gravel aquifer. Ohio EPA's April 2012 susceptibility analysis rates the source moderately susceptible: more than 20 feet of depth to water and roughly 50 feet of glacial till give some protection, but significant potential contaminant sources exist within the protection…", "sew": { "s": "The village owns and operates its own sanitary sewer system and sewage treatment plant. The plant runs partly on an on-site solar array, which the village describes as a 650 kW array with a public real-time generation dashboard, and uses ultraviolet disinfection: in 2025 council authorized an emergency payment of $20,125 to Trojan Tech…", "st": "The village maintains storm sewers - the water ordinance requires below-grade meter pits to drain to a storm sewer where practical, and council minutes in 2025 record storm drain and sewer issues resolved after heavy rainfall - but no storm sewer system…" }, "fun": [ "Mount Gilead softens its water by ion exchange, and the fingerprint shows up in the plant's own lab data: sodium averaged 158 mg/L in 2025 and peaked at 202 mg/L, while finished hardness averaged 136 mg/L.", "The 2025 lead and copper round put the 90th-percentile lead result at 12.64 ppb, just under the 15 ppb action level, with 2 of 20 sampled homes above the action level.", "The water plant was banned from selling bulk water after hydrant use was discovered, so the Phase 1 project includes a new bulk water fill station with a keypad, receipt printer and flow meter to sell it properly.", "The village's sewage treatment plant generates its own electricity from a solar array and publishes the output live on the web.", "Searching for 'Mt. Gilead' online is a trap: mtgilead.org belongs to a Christian camp and conference center in Sebastopol, California, not the Morrow County village, whose site is mountgilead.net." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/mghistory.htm", "https://www.mountgilead.net/2025-MG-CCR.pdf", "https://www.mountgilead.net/water-plant-improvement-project.pdf", "https://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/2025/03/26/council-approves-water-rate-hike/" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/2025-MG-CCR.pdf", "https://www.mountgilead.net/water-plant-improvement-project.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/2025-MG-CCR.pdf", "https://www.mountgilead.net/water-plant-improvement-project.pdf" ], "rates": [ "http://www.mountgilead.net/Chapter%20911%20Water%20Regulations%20%26%20Rates.pdf", "https://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/2025/03/26/council-approves-water-rate-hike/", "https://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/2025/05/01/focus-remains-on-water-recreation-projects/" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/2025-MG-CCR.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/water-plant-improvement-project.pdf", "https://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/2025/05/01/focus-remains-on-water-recreation-projects/" ], "planned": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/water-plant-improvement-project.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/2025-MG-CCR.pdf", "https://www.mountgilead.net/water-plant-improvement-project.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/sewerimpro.htm", "https://www.morrowcountysentinel.com/2025/05/01/focus-remains-on-water-recreation-projects/", "http://www.mountgilead.net/Chapter%20911%20Water%20Regulations%20%26%20Rates.pdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.mountgilead.net/2025-MG-CCR.pdf", "https://www.mountgilead.net/water-plant-improvement-project.pdf", "https://www.mountgilead.net/sewerimpro.htm", "https://mtgilead.org/" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43338", "share": 0.2939, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH5900712.jpg", "caption": "1848 Morrow County courthouse in Mount Gilead, Ohio", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5900712/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH5900712.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), \"Mt Gilead Village · OH5900712\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH5900712/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }