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  "name": "Ottawa County Regional Water District",
  "county": "Ottawa",
  "population": 20428,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "erie",
  "label": "Lake Erie",
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  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "Own surface water intake directly from Lake Erie (Ottawa County Regional Water District supplies water to other systems in the area, e.g. Put-in-Bay via pipeline/ferry and Carroll Twp).",
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    "press": "",
    "rate": {
      "g": 4.99,
      "n": "Retail schedule effective January 2023. A standard residential 5/8-inch to 3/4-inch meter carries a $24.00 monthly minimum that includes the first 4,500 gallons; because typical…",
      "m": 24
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Ottawa County Regional Water Treatment Plant construction",
        23000000,
        "1999",
        "completed",
        "Original 6 MGD plant. Approximately $23 million in total construction cost, funded through special assessments, state and federal grants and various…"
      ],
      [
        "3 MGD plant expansion to 9 MGD",
        3700000,
        "2002",
        "completed",
        "Triggered after the system exceeded peak design capacity on a single hot summer day."
      ],
      [
        "Lead service line inventory",
        null,
        "2024",
        "completed",
        "The county reports its distribution system has no lead, no galvanized-requiring-replacement and no lead-status-unknown service lines, determined from…"
      ]
    ],
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      "st": "Not published. No county storm sewer system, stormwater utility or stormwater fee was found for the water district's service area in the sources reviewed."
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/313/Water-Operations",
        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/Archive.aspx?ADID=216",
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/285/Sanitary-Engineer",
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/Archive.aspx?ADID=216"
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/179"
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/313/Water-Operations",
        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/Archive.aspx?ADID=216"
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/Archive.aspx?ADID=216",
        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/179",
        "https://www.13abc.com/2025/06/25/water-boil-advisory-lifted-all-areas-after-fatal-incident-treatment-plant/"
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/302/Operations"
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        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/285/Sanitary-Engineer",
        "https://www.co.ottawa.oh.us/Faq.aspx?QID=186",
        "https://www.13abc.com/2025/06/25/water-boil-advisory-lifted-all-areas-after-fatal-incident-treatment-plant/"
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    "caption": "Post office in Lacarne, Ohio, served by the Ottawa County Regional Water District's Lake Erie treatment plant",
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  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
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