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        "New Lexington established by James Comly, who laid out 64 lots and sold them for $25 to $50 apiece."
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        "New Lexington won the Perry County seat after a bitter contest with Somerset and Rehoboth."
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        "Ordinance 21-12, passed October 4, 2021, set the current published water and sewer rate schedule, keeping the automatic 3% annual increase that has applied every year since June 1, 2010."
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        "2023-2024",
        "Seven consecutive quarters of Total Organic Carbon treatment-technique violations, Q2 2023 through Q4 2024. The village's public notice of January 30, 2025 cites Ohio Administrative Code 3745-81-77…"
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        "Two TTHM maximum contaminant level violations. A notice distributed August 30, 2024 covered a four-quarter average of 0.087 mg/L; a second, distributed December 2, 2024 for the fourth quarter…"
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        "Mid-August flooding across Perry, Muskingum and Morgan counties. Heavy rainfall stirred sediment inside the water system, prompting a boil advisory that was upgraded to a full boil alert on about…"
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    "press": "Not published. No psi figures or pressure-zone information appear in the drinking water reports, the water department page or the rate ordinances.",
    "rate": {
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      "n": "From Ordinance 21-12, passed October 4, 2021 — the most recent rate schedule the village publishes. Water base rate $20.11 per month for the first 1,000 gallons, then $7.65 per…",
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        "Range 9.3-45.5. No violation."
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        "Highest recorded result for the year; 100% of samples met the standard in the lowest month."
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        "15 (action…",
        "2025",
        "All results reported as <2.0. Zero samples exceeded the action level. Lead is tested every three years."
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        "1.3 (action…",
        "2025",
        "Zero samples exceeded the action level. Copper is tested every three years."
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        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "The village told customers in its January 30, 2025 notice that it was making adjustments to the treatment process to increase TOC removal. Ohio EPA recorded a…"
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        "needed",
        "After the August 2026 flooding and the sediment-driven boil alert, resilience work at the reservoirs and plant is implied but no capital plan, cost or schedule…"
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    "stress": "High for a system this size. New Lexington depends entirely on two small surface reservoirs it owns, and its own source assessment lists what sits in the protection area: runoff from truck storage, auto repair and salvage yards, agricultural runoff, oil and gas wells, abandoned mines, and stream crossings where a vehicle accident can…",
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      "st": "Nothing published. No stormwater utility, fee or drainage program appears on the village site. The only relevant public record is the August 2026 regional flooding, which brought Ohio National Guard and ODOT debris removal crews to Perry, Muskingum and Morgan…"
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      "Founder James Comly laid out 64 lots in 1817 and sold them for $25 to $50 each; forty years later the village beat Somerset and Rehoboth in a bitter fight for the county seat.",
      "The village will credit your sewer bill $25 to $125 for filling a swimming pool — as long as you call the water office before you turn the hose on.",
      "Water and sewer rates here rise 3% automatically every year, an escalator written into the ordinance and running since June 1, 2010.",
      "The 2025 drinking water report lists a TTHM annual average of 99.8 ppb next to an 80 ppb federal limit, and still prints 'NO' in the violation column."
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