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  "name": "Streetsboro City",
  "county": "Portage",
  "population": 15105,
  "producer": false,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Buried valley/sandstone aquifer wells (12 county wells)",
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  "intakes": [],
  "wells": null,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "Streetsboro purchases all its water from Portage County Water Resources, which is itself a groundwater system (buried-valley/sandstone aquifer wells); no evidence found of Streetsboro having other suppliers.",
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    "hist": [
      [
        "1985",
        "Portage County's Streetsboro-Hudson Regional WWTP, which handles the city's sewage, was constructed."
      ],
      [
        "2014",
        "Streetsboro-Hudson Regional WWTP last upgraded; it now carries a 4.0 MGD average design flow and 10.0 MGD peak hydraulic capacity."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "Ohio EPA last updated the source water assessment for Portage County's Shalersville well field, again finding the aquifer highly susceptible to contamination."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "City completed the State Route 43 water main replacement project."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Streetsboro treats none of its own water. It buys finished water from Portage County Water Resources (8116 Infirmary Road, Ravenna), which draws groundwater from nine wells in Portage County and treats it at the Shalersville Water Treatment Plant by iron removal, filtration, disinfection and…",
    "press": "No system psi figure is published. Streetsboro's distribution system is organized into 3 pressure zones, served by one city-owned 1.5-million-gallon elevated tower and a single…",
    "rate": {
      "g": 11.27,
      "n": "2026 schedule, approved by the Service Director and stamped received by the Clerk of Council on Dec. 19, 2025. Residential 5/8-inch and 1-inch meters: $84.29 minimum quarterly…",
      "m": 56.34
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    "imp": [
      [
        "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "44.85",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Measured in Streetsboro's own distribution system; range 23.20-56.00 ppb. The purchased Portage County water measured…"
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)",
        "12.5",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Streetsboro distribution; range 5.9-14.9 ppb. Portage County water measured 10.5 ppb."
      ],
      [
        "Chlorine",
        "0.99",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Streetsboro distribution; range 0.91-1.02 ppm. Portage County 1.13 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.12",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2025",
        "Measured in the purchased Portage County water; range 0.033-0.12 ppm. Erosion of natural deposits, drilling wastes…"
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.996",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "Purchased Portage County water; range 0.946-0.996 ppm."
      ],
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        "Nitrate",
        "2.14",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "Purchased Portage County water; range ND-2.14 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "ND",
        "ppb",
        "15 (action…",
        "2025",
        "Not detected at any Streetsboro tap; 0 of 30 sites above the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.57",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (action…",
        "2025",
        "0 of 30 Streetsboro sites above the action level; range 0.036-0.95 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "Hardness",
        "148",
        "ppm",
        "no standard",
        "2025",
        "Annual average after Portage County softening; aesthetic, not health-based."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "State Route 43 water main replacement",
        null,
        "2025",
        "completed",
        "Listed as a completed capital improvement in the city's 2025 water quality report. No cost published."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Portage County capital improvements to Streetsboro's aging sanitary collection system",
        2000000,
        "2027-2030",
        "planned",
        "Portage County Water Resources' capital improvement plan allocates $2 million for treatment improvements to Streetsboro's aging collection system from 2027 to…"
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA's 2025 source water assessment found the aquifer feeding Portage County's Shalersville well field has a high susceptibility to contamination. Named potential sources within the delineated area are asphalt plants, sand-and-gravel mining, brine injection wells and abandoned dumps; the CCR states there is no evidence at this time…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Sewage goes to the Portage County Streetsboro-Hudson Regional WWTP at 9501 Jefferson Street, Streetsboro, run by Portage County Water Resources (330-297-3670) - the city itself does not treat wastewater. Built 1985, last upgraded 2014, it is an advanced treatment facility with a 4.0 MGD average design flow and 10.0 MGD peak hydraulic…",
      "st": "Streetsboro drains to the Tinkers Creek watershed, which flows to the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie - the same receiving stream as the wastewater plant. No stormwater utility fee, storm-sewer capital program or specific flooding issue was found in city or Ohio…"
    },
    "fun": [
      "Streetsboro buys every gallon it sells: 168 miles of water main (884,502 linear feet), 944-plus hydrants and 814-plus valves distribute Portage County water to about 14,394 residents across 4,798 accounts, fed by a…",
      "The city's lead service line inventory came back completely clean - no lead, no galvanized lines requiring replacement, and no lines of unknown material anywhere in the distribution system, verified against construction…",
      "In 2025 the 11-person water department ran 216 routine bacteria samples, all negative, and closed roughly 2,200 work orders including 65 leak repairs on both private and city-owned lines.",
      "Streetsboro's tap water arrives pre-softened under contract - the county softens it at Shalersville before it crosses the city line, holding the 2025 annual average hardness to 148 ppm."
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        "https://www.cityofstreetsboro.com/question/who-do-i-contact-about-a-septic-system-or-sanitary-sewer/"
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