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  "name": "Muskingum County Water - Se",
  "county": "Muskingum",
  "population": 21540,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Muskingum River buried valley aquifer (wells near Duncan Falls)",
  "bodies": [
    "Muskingum River"
  ],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 5,
  "aquifer": "Muskingum River valley sand-and-gravel aquifer",
  "notes": "4-5 self-supporting wells one mile north of Duncan Falls along the Muskingum River floodplain; Ohio EPA notes high contamination susceptibility due to shallow, unprotected aquifer.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/2021-CCR-Southeast.pdf",
    "https://www.rosevilleoh.gov/uploads/CCR-Southeast2023.pdf"
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    {
      "n": "Muskingum County Water Department Southeast Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "3830 Wayne Ridge Road, Duncan Falls area, Muskingum County, OH",
      "la": 39.8532,
      "lo": -81.9276,
      "pt": "plant",
      "wb": "Muskingum River",
      "src": "Wells in a buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer in the Muskingum River floodplain, about one mile north of Duncan Falls along State Route 60",
      "cls": "groundwater",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Duncan Falls Well Field",
          "wb": "Muskingum River buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Self-supporting wells sited in the Muskingum River floodplain about one mile north of Duncan Falls along SR 60; began as 2 wells in 1972, expanded to 4 and then a 5th well (5 wells)",
          "la": 39.8532,
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          "pt": "plant",
          "wells": [
            "Well 3",
            "Well 4",
            "Well 5",
            "Well 6",
            "Well 7"
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        }
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    }
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    "hist": [
      [
        "October 1967",
        "Scott Patton became the first customer to sign a water user agreement with the East Muskingum Water Authority (EMWA); the authority needed 1,700 customers to obtain financing, and high bond-market…"
      ],
      [
        "January 12…",
        "Water service began in the southeast system: about 1,000 customers on 35 miles of line, supplied by two wells north of Duncan Falls and pumped to a standpipe above Duncan Falls and an elevated tank…"
      ],
      [
        "February…",
        "The Wayne Ridge Road treatment plant (3830 Wayne Ridge Road) was put into operation."
      ],
      [
        "December…",
        "EMWA gave Muskingum County a 10% interest in the treatment plant and well field for $347,500 and agreed to sell water at cost so the county could extend lines."
      ],
      [
        "January 14…",
        "After 32 years, the EMWA board voted 4-3 to dissolve and merge with the Muskingum County Water and Sewer District; by then the system was worth more than $15 million and served more than 6,000…"
      ],
      [
        "August 1…",
        "EMWA ceased operations and the Muskingum County Water and Sewer District assumed operations."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Five self-supporting wells draw from a shallow buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer in the Muskingum River floodplain, one mile north of Duncan Falls on State Route 60. Water is pumped to the Wayne Ridge Road plant (in operation since February 1998), where treatment is filtration for iron and…",
    "press": "Not published. No CCR, engineering report or pressure-zone map giving a psi figure was found.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "MCWD publishes no dollar rate schedule. Rule 20.1 of its Policies, Rules and Standards states only that 'all customers will be charged rates currently enforced at the Water…",
      "m": 74.33
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "39.8",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Range 33.3-39.8 ppb; byproduct of chlorination; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "12.6",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Range 11.5-12.6 ppb; byproduct of chlorination; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine Residual",
        "1.43",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 1.09-1.70 ppm; water additive used to control microbes."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.95",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.60-1.05 ppm; added additive plus natural erosion."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.173",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "Well below the MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "3.38",
        "ppb",
        "15 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "0 of 30 samples over the action level. MCWD reports no lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement, or unknown-status…"
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.55",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "0 of 30 samples over the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.058",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2024",
        "Erosion of natural deposits; discharge of drilling wastes."
      ],
      [
        "Selenium",
        "1.36",
        "ppb",
        "50",
        "2024",
        "Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Twin Hills Road / Helen Drive / Edwards Circle water line extension",
        null,
        "2023",
        "completed",
        "Falls Township; part of millions of dollars of grant-funded extensions. No cost published."
      ],
      [
        "Norfield / Arch Hill / Murphy Hill / Carr / Knipe Road water extension",
        null,
        "2023",
        "completed",
        "About 50 homes in the eastern part of the county. No cost published."
      ],
      [
        "Virginia Ridge / Irish Ridge / Duncan Run / Butterbean / Old River / Back Run / Shady Lane extension",
        null,
        "2023-2024",
        "completed",
        "Under construction per the 2023 CCR; the county's project list records the resulting emergency connection with the Village of Philo as completed in 2024. No…"
      ],
      [
        "Maysville Regional Water supply: transmission main, pump station and storage tank",
        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "Largest MCWD project of 2025, done in conjunction with Ohio EPA to resolve Maysville Regional's long-term source-water problems. Muskingum County became…"
      ],
      [
        "Claysville Road / Herron Road / North Leedom Road extension",
        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "About 30 homes. No cost published."
      ],
      [
        "Norwich Valley Road / Pidcock Road extension",
        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "About 30 homes. No cost published."
      ],
      [
        "Well #7",
        null,
        "2022",
        "completed",
        "Supply upgrade at the Duncan Falls well field. No cost published."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Water Treatment Plant Upgrades",
        null,
        "2026",
        "planned",
        "Listed on the county's 2026 water project list; scope and cost not published."
      ],
      [
        "Route 555 Extension #2",
        null,
        "2026",
        "planned",
        "Listed on the county's 2026 water project list; cost not published."
      ],
      [
        "Dozer Ridge Extension",
        null,
        "2026",
        "planned",
        "Listed on the county's 2026 water project list; cost not published."
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the aquifer supplying MCWD as having HIGH susceptibility to contamination, because there is no protective layer of clay, shale or other impervious material over it and the aquifer sits less than 20 feet below the ground surface, so anything spilled on the surface can move down into it. Identified…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "The Muskingum County Sewer Department is run separately from the water department. It serves more than 5,400 homes and businesses through over 150 miles of collection line and 60 pump stations. It operates a treatment plant at Adamsville for the Village of Adamsville, but the majority of its wastewater is transported to the City of…",
      "st": "No county stormwater utility or drainage program was found in the sources reviewed; the county sewer department describes only sanitary collection."
    },
    "fun": [
      "The wells feeding the whole county sit less than 20 feet below the Muskingum River floodplain with no clay or shale cap over them -- Ohio EPA rates the aquifer 'high susceptibility,' though no contamination event has…",
      "The system started in January 1972 with about 1,000 customers on 35 miles of line fed by two wells; today one plant on Wayne Ridge Road feeds more than 10,000 customers over 460-plus miles of pipe.",
      "Since 2017 the Southeast system has been connected across the Muskingum River to supply the Northwest system, so the whole county drinks water from the same Duncan Falls well field.",
      "In 2026 the county became the sole water supplier to the Maysville Regional Water District, after building a transmission main, pump station and tank with Ohio EPA to fix source-water problems Maysville could not solve…",
      "MCWD keeps emergency interconnections with the City of Zanesville (near Richards, Fairview and Rehl Roads), the Village of New Concord (2020) and the Village of Philo (2024)."
    ],
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      "history": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Agencies/Utilities/Water/",
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/2025CCR-Southeast.pdf",
        "https://www.rosevilleoh.gov/uploads/CCR-Southeast2023.pdf"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/2025CCR-Southeast.pdf",
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Agencies/Utilities/Water/"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/MCWD_water_rules-11-23-15.pdf",
        "https://www.whiznews.com/water-and-sewer-rate-hikes-are-coming-soon/",
        "https://yourradioplace.com/muskingum-county-commissioners-approve-water-sewer-rate-increases/",
        "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/43/Rate%20Reports/Ohio_EPA_2022_Sewer_and_Water_Rate_Survey.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/2025CCR-Southeast.pdf"
      ],
      "projects": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/2025CCR-Southeast.pdf",
        "https://www.rosevilleoh.gov/uploads/CCR-Southeast2023.pdf",
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Agencies/Utilities/Water/"
      ],
      "planned": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Agencies/Utilities/Water/"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/2025CCR-Southeast.pdf",
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Agencies/Utilities/Water/"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Agencies/Utilities/Sewer/",
        "https://www.whiznews.com/water-and-sewer-rate-hikes-are-coming-soon/",
        "https://yourradioplace.com/muskingum-county-commissioners-approve-water-sewer-rate-increases/"
      ],
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        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Media/2025CCR-Southeast.pdf",
        "https://www.muskingumcountyoh.gov/Agencies/Utilities/Water/"
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