{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH6300411", "name": "Paulding Village", "county": "Paulding", "population": 3605, "producer": true, "source_class": "reservoir", "label": "Paulding Reservoir, fed by Flat Rock Creek", "bodies": [ "Paulding Reservoir", "Flat Rock Creek" ], "intakes": [ "Reservoir", "Flat Rock Creek" ], "wells": 0, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Water is pumped from Flat Rock Creek to fill/resupply the ~614-million-gallon Paulding Reservoir, which is the plant's raw water source.", "urls": [ "https://www.thedallasnewera.com/local-news/3332-richland-creek-reservoir-paving-the-road-to-paulding-s-water-source", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/water-wastewater" ], "chain": [ "OH6300411" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Paulding Water Treatment Plant", "la": 41.1227, "lo": -84.5879, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Paulding Reservoir", "src": "Paulding Reservoir, fed by Flat Rock Creek", "cls": "reservoir", "in": [ { "n": "Flat Rock Creek pump intake", "wb": "Flat Rock Creek (Flatrock Creek, Auglaize River tributary)", "role": "primary", "src": "Pump station on Flat Rock Creek north of the plant that resupplies Paulding Reservoir", "la": 41.1227, "lo": -84.5879, "pt": "approximate" }, { "n": "Paulding Upground Reservoir", "wb": "Paulding Reservoir (off-stream, filled from Flat Rock Creek)", "role": "storage", "src": "614-million-gallon upground reservoir built in 1964 that stores Flat Rock Creek water and precipitation for the treatment plant", "la": 41.1227, "lo": -84.5879, "pt": "intake" } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1962", "Grant Street water tower (250,000 gallons) placed in service." ], [ "1964", "Paulding County Reservoir built on Flat Rock Creek, holding over 614 million gallons at depths up to 20 feet." ], [ "1966", "Original Paulding water treatment plant constructed." ], [ "2008", "Second water tower (250,000 gallons) built on Emerald Road." ], [ "2013", "New treatment plant using microfiltration and reverse osmosis brought online in June, replacing the 1966 plant." ], [ "2026", "Village began rolling out a new water meter system, posting resident instructions for the companion meter app on August 17." ] ], "treat": "The plant's raw water is Flat Rock Creek plus annual precipitation, stored in the Paulding (County) Reservoir - a surface supply the CCR says requires extensive treatment. Water passes through three trains containing 66 cartridges of GE/Suez micro filters removing particles down to 3-4 microns…", "press": "Not published. The village documents two elevated storage tanks that hold distribution pressure - a 250,000-gallon tank on Grant Street (1962) and a 250,000-gallon tank on Emerald…", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "No rate schedule is published. The Water Utility General Rules and Regulations effective June 1, 2025 repeatedly reference an 'applicable rate schedule' that is not posted online…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "34.65", "ppb", "80", "2024-202…", "Range 20.10-47.9 ppb; disinfection byproduct, no violation. The 2025 CCR carries the same TTHM/HAA5/chlorine figures as…" ], [ "Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "8.58", "ppb", "60", "2024-202…", "Range 4.3-12.2 ppb; disinfection byproduct, no violation." ], [ "Total Chlorine", "1.05", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2024-202…", "Range 0.83-1.18 ppm." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.19", "NTU", "Treatment…", "2025", "Highest recorded result 0.19 NTU; 100% of samples met the turbidity limit." ], [ "Total Organic Carbon (TOC) removal ratio", "3.63", "ratio", "Treatment…", "2025", "Ratio of TOC removed to TOC required to be removed; a value above 1 means compliance." ], [ "Nitrate", "1.80", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Range 0.13-1.80 ppm; runoff from fertilizer use, septic leaching." ], [ "Atrazine", "0.25", "ppb", "3", "2025", "Range 0.16-0.36 ppb; herbicide runoff from row crops. The 2024 report showed 0.56 ppb (range 0.16-0.56)." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.80", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Reported level found 0.80 ppm; the CCR's printed range (0.96-1.43) is inconsistent with its own level-found figure, an…" ], [ "Barium", "13.0", "ppb…", "2 ppm", "2025", "Well below the 2 ppm MCL. The CCR's table heads this row 'ppb' while listing the MCL as 2, which is the ppm value." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "0.0", "ppm", "15 ppb (action…", "2024", "Zero of 20 samples above the lead action level; no sample had detectable lead." ] ], "proj": [ [ "New treatment plant (microfiltration / reverse osmosis)", null, "2013", "completed", "Online June 2013, replacing the 1966 plant. No construction cost is published by the village; none is asserted here." ], [ "Village-wide water meter replacement with new meter-reading app", null, "2026", "under construction", "The only public record is an August 17, 2026 village news post giving residents instructions for the new water meters/app; no completion announcement or cost…" ] ], "plan": [], "stress": "Paulding depends on a single surface supply: an intake on Flat Rock Creek feeding the Paulding Reservoir. The village's own CCR states that for source water assessment purposes all surface waters in Ohio are considered susceptible to contamination, because surface waters are readily accessible and can be contaminated by chemicals and…", "sew": { "s": "The Village of Paulding runs its own sanitary system and publicly posts sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) discharge notices - three were posted covering late March and early April 2025. The wastewater plant's capacity, discharge point, and receiving stream are not published on the village website or in any other source located.", "st": "Not documented in any village source located." }, "fun": [ "Paulding's drinking water begins as creek water: it is pumped from Flat Rock Creek into a 614-million-gallon man-made reservoir, and only then treated.", "A village of about 3,600 people runs two reverse-osmosis trains by Wigen Water Technologies alongside GE/Suez microfiltration - a treatment combination more typical of much larger municipal or industrial plants.", "One of the village's two water towers has stood on Grant Street since 1962, more than 60 years." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/water-wastewater", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/news" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/water-wastewater", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2026-07/ccr-2025.doc", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2025-03/ccr-2024.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/water-wastewater" ], "rates": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2025-05/water-general-rules-effective-6-1-2025.pdf" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2026-07/ccr-2025.doc", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2025-03/ccr-2024.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/water-wastewater", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/news" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2025-03/ccr-2024.pdf", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2026-07/ccr-2025.doc" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/water-wastewater", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2025-04/sso-dishcrge-end-4-7-25.pdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/water-wastewater", "https://www.villageofpaulding.com/sites/default/files/2025-03/ccr-2024.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45879", "share": 0.6046, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH6300411.jpg", "caption": "Flatrock Creek viewed from East Perry Street (US 127) in Paulding, Ohio, the stream that feeds Paulding Reservoir", "credit": "Tim Kiser", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH6300411/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH6300411.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), \"Paulding Village · OH6300411\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH6300411/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }