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  "name": "Ravenna City",
  "county": "Portage",
  "population": 16000,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "reservoir",
  "label": "Lake Hodgson",
  "bodies": [
    "Lake Hodgson"
  ],
  "intakes": [
    "Ravenna"
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  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "Confirmed via 2024 CCR: surface water drawn from Lake Hodgson; maintains an emergency interconnection with City of Kent (minor, used ~3 days/yr for maintenance), not a routine supply source.",
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    {
      "n": "Ravenna Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "5383 Lakewood Rd, Ravenna, OH 44266",
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      "pt": "plant",
      "wb": "Lake Hodgson (Congress Lake Outlet - Breakneck Creek watershed)",
      "src": "Lake Hodgson, a reservoir on the Congress Lake Outlet/Breakneck Creek watershed, with intake at the city's plant at 5383 Lakewood Rd (built 1984, replacing the older Crystal Lake plant)",
      "cls": "reservoir"
    }
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1885",
        "Ravenna's original water plant was built at Crystal Lake; water was first pumped to the city in 1886 using a steam turbine pump."
      ],
      [
        "1913",
        "A second pump station was added at Muzzy Lake to supply raw water to Crystal Lake for treatment."
      ],
      [
        "1957",
        "City purchased Lake Hodgson for $400,000 after the Cleveland Worsted Mills ceased operations, converting the mill's water body into the city's future supply."
      ],
      [
        "1973",
        "Planning began for a new water treatment facility at Lake Hodgson; final plans were completed in 1981."
      ],
      [
        "1984",
        "The new $9,597,000 Lake Hodgson Water Treatment Plant, rated 5 MGD, became operational June 11, 1984 after 26 months of construction. The City Park elevated storage tank was upgraded as part of the…"
      ],
      [
        "2016",
        "The original 1885 Crystal Lake plant was demolished, 32 years after the Lake Hodgson plant replaced it."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Surface water is drawn from Lake Hodgson, a reservoir in the Congress Lake Outlet - Breakneck Creek watershed, and treated at the 5 MGD plant on Lakewood Road, which currently produces about 1.5 MGD on average. The city runs a powdered activated carbon feed system to remove the objectionable tastes…",
    "press": "No distribution pressure figure is published in the CCR or on city pages. Distribution storage consists of a 3-million-gallon standpipe north of the city and the City Park…",
    "rate": {
      "g": 6.63,
      "n": "Ravenna Codified Ordinance 1040.02 sets the 2026 water rate at $49.60 per MCF, where MCF means 1,000 cubic feet = 7,480 gallons, giving $6.63 per 1,000 gallons. Customer bills are…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes)",
        "30.7",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2024",
        "Running annual average for 2023-2024; range of individual detections 11.7-40.9 ppb. Chlorination byproduct; no…"
      ],
      [
        "HAA5 (Haloacetic Acids)",
        "34.6",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2024",
        "Running annual average for 2023-2024; range of individual detections 19.6-58.2 ppb, with the top of the range…"
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "3.82",
        "ppb",
        "15 (action…",
        "2024",
        "0 of 30 city samples over the action level; the city reports results below the federal action level for over 20 years…"
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.267",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (action…",
        "2024",
        "0 of 30 city samples over the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate (as Nitrogen)",
        "0.58",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.19-0.58 ppm; well below the MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.97",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.70-1.18 ppm; natural erosion plus water additive."
      ],
      [
        "Turbidity",
        "0.11",
        "NTU",
        "1 (TT; 0.3 NTU…",
        "2024",
        "Highest result; range 0.03-0.11 NTU; 100% of samples met the standard. Indicator of filtration effectiveness."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine",
        "0.98",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.83-1.17 ppm; disinfection residual."
      ],
      [
        "Chlorite",
        "0.69",
        "ppm",
        "1.0",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.45-0.70 ppm; byproduct of drinking water disinfection. The CCR's table prints MCLG 1.0 and MCL 0.80, which…"
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.016",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2024",
        "Erosion of natural deposits."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Water Reclamation Facility final clarifier rebuilds and building re-roofing",
        null,
        "",
        "completed",
        "The city reports all three final clarifiers were rebuilt within roughly the last five years and new roofs were installed on multiple buildings. No cost is…"
      ],
      [
        "Water treatment plant improvements: carbon feed system, clearwell aeration, SCADA",
        null,
        "",
        "completed",
        "The city describes a new powdered activated carbon feed system for taste and odor, a clearwell aeration system to minimize disinfection byproducts, and SCADA…"
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Water Reclamation Facility phosphorus reduction project",
        null,
        "",
        "planned",
        "The city's wastewater page describes a phosphorus reduction project under development. No cost, year, or Ohio EPA schedule is published in the sources reviewed."
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA treats all Ohio surface water as susceptible, and Ravenna's source water protection area contains what the city calls a moderate number of potential contaminant sources: agricultural runoff, private septic systems, oil and gas wells, and runoff from construction sites and road crossings. The recurring practical problem is…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "City-owned Water Reclamation Facility at 3722 Hommon Rd., Ravenna, averaging 2.8 MGD with a peak hydraulic capacity of 6.02 MGD. The site's treatment history runs from an original 1907 facility, enlarged in 1910, replaced by a new plant in 1942, with upgrades in 1974, 1992, 1995, and 2004. The city reports no EPA violations for calendar…",
      "st": "Separate storm sewer system, not combined: street drains carry rainwater and snowmelt directly to area lakes and streams while the sanitary system carries wastewater to the Water Reclamation Facility. Ravenna funds it through a stormwater utility charging…"
    },
    "fun": [
      "Ravenna's original 1885 water plant at Crystal Lake was not demolished until 2016 - 32 years after the Lake Hodgson plant replaced it.",
      "The city bought its reservoir, Lake Hodgson, for $400,000 in 1957 after the Cleveland Worsted Mills that had used it shut down.",
      "Ravenna and Kent keep an emergency interconnection used for a total of about 3.25 days a year, spread out over 26 weeks; in 2024 Ravenna took 6.4 million gallons from Kent and sent 0.355 million gallons back.",
      "The plant fights seasonal algae taste-and-odor with powdered activated carbon, which the city says is expensive enough that dosing is deliberately kept to the minimum that still works.",
      "The water rate is written per MCF - 1,000 cubic feet, or 7,480 gallons - while customer bills are read in HCF at 748 gallons, so the same $49.60 rate appears as $4.96 on a bill and works out to $6.63 per 1,000 gallons."
    ],
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        "https://ravennaoh.gov/departments/utilities/stormwater-utility/"
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