{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH6600712", "name": "Piketon Village", "county": "Pike", "population": 2181, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 3, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH6600712" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1953", "Piketon's water treatment plant was constructed at 224 West Second Street." ], [ "1972", "Interconnection built between Piketon and Pike Water, Inc., originally so that Pike Water could purchase water from Piketon. It now functions in the opposite direction, as an emergency connection…" ], [ "1973", "The water treatment plant received various process upgrades." ], [ "1986", "The 300,000-gallon single-pedestal Lucas Street Water Tower was constructed, serving downtown Piketon and the fairgrounds area." ], [ "2007", "The water treatment plant received electrical and control upgrades." ], [ "2013", "The 400,000-gallon glass-lined bolted-steel Pike Hill standpipe was constructed at the end of Skyline Drive, serving residents east of US Highway 23." ] ], "treat": "Groundwater from three wells located within the village at 224 West Second Street, averaging 70 feet deep and drawing from the Teays River Valley Aquifer; each well is rated at 500 gallons per minute, though recent testing showed some pumps operating below rating. Daily production in 2025 averaged…", "press": "Not published. No psi figures or pressure-zone descriptions appear in the CCR or the Ohio EPA Environmental Assessment. Storage and service areas are documented instead: the…", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "PROJECTION, NOT A PUBLISHED TARIFF. Piketon publishes no rate ordinance or schedule online (the village site's utilities and projects pages return 404). Ohio EPA's May 2023…", "m": 53.83 }, "imp": [ [ "Arsenic", "0.6", "ppb", "10 ppb (MCL)", "2025", "Well below the MCL. Erosion of natural deposits; industrial activity." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.14", "ppm", "4 ppm (MCL)", "2025", "No violation." ], [ "Barium", "0.118", "ppm", "2 ppm (MCL)", "2025", "CCR lists level found 0.118 with range of detection 0.122. No violation." ], [ "Nitrate", "1.07", "ppm", "10 ppm (MCL)", "2025", "No violation." ], [ "Nitrite", "0.04", "ppm", "1 ppm (MCL)", "2022", "No violation. Monitored less often than annually." ], [ "Gross alpha (excluding uranium and…", "4.07", "pCi/L", "15 pCi/L (MCL)", "2022", "Erosion of natural deposits. No violation." ], [ "Total Chlorine", "1.348", "ppm", "4 ppm (MRDL)", "2024-202…", "Range 1.19-1.49 ppm. Disinfectant residual; no violation." ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "40.08 (LRAA)", "ppb", "80 ppb (MCL)", "2021-202…", "Locational running annual average across 2021-2025 samples. Individual results ranged widely, 3.9-88.3 ppb, so single…" ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "6.325 (LRAA)", "ppb", "60 ppb (MCL)", "2021-202…", "Locational running annual average; individual results ranged 0-18.0 ppb. No violation." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "0.90", "ppb", "15 ppb (Action…", "2025", "Zero out of 10 samples over the action level. Separately, the CCR discloses that a 2017 sample result of 19.5 ppb -…" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Piketon Water Treatment Plant replacement", 7989433, "2023-2025", "completed", "New gravity-filtration plant with ion-exchange softening and two 200,000-gallon clearwells on village-owned property on Piketon Road, southwest of the 1953…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "New Piketon wastewater treatment plant", null, "", "planned", "Ohio EPA's 2023 Environmental Assessment states the new WTP and a future WWTP will be built on the same Piketon Road site, so that treatment byproduct can be…" ] ], "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment rates the Teays River Valley Aquifer supplying Piketon's three wells (average depth 70 feet) as having a high susceptibility to contamination, due to the sensitive nature of the aquifer and the potential contaminant sources identified - with the standard caveat that this describes conditions, not actual…", "sew": { "s": "Village-operated. An existing wastewater treatment plant appears on Ohio EPA's 2023 planning map, with a new WWTP planned on the Piketon Road site adjacent to the new water plant. Capacity, receiving stream, and any consent-decree status are not published.", "st": "Not published." }, "fun": [ "Piketon's old plant had no softening at all, and Ohio EPA reported that some residents were spending upwards of $40 a month on private household water softeners - so the new plant was built partly to make those private…", "The village financed the roughly $8M plant with a zero-percent Ohio EPA loan plus up to $3,994,717 in disadvantaged-community principal forgiveness - about half the project cost - saving an estimated $9,930,000 over a…", "Piketon's own 2025 water report voluntarily itemizes its past reporting failures from 2017 through 2020, including the year it left an individual lead result of 19.5 ppb - over the action level - out of the published…", "The 1972 pipe connecting Piketon to Pike Water, Inc. was built so Pike Water could buy Piketon's water. The flow has since reversed: it is now the emergency line through which Pike Water rescues Piketon.", "Ohio EPA seriously evaluated simply abandoning Piketon's plant and buying water from Pike Water instead, but rejected it - partly because Pike Water does not soften its water either, so the hardness complaint driving…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf", "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf", "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf", "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf", "https://piketonohio.gov/" ], "impurities": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf", "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025.pdf", "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Piketon-WTP-preliminary-FNSI-EA-signed.pdf", "https://piketonohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCR-2025.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45661", "share": 0.3193, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH6600712.jpg", "caption": "Water tower serving Piketon, Ohio", "credit": "Aesopposea", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH6600712/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH6600712.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), \"Piketon Village · OH6600712\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH6600712/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }