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  "pwsid": "OH6900812",
  "name": "Ottoville Village",
  "county": "Putnam",
  "population": 976,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH6900812"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1845",
        "First plat of the settlement (by John Otto Bredeich) failed."
      ],
      [
        "1873",
        "Town site re-platted successfully."
      ],
      [
        "1880-1881",
        "Post office opened as 'Otto,' renamed Ottoville in 1881."
      ],
      [
        "1890",
        "Village of Ottoville incorporated."
      ],
      [
        "1978",
        "Village's activated-sludge wastewater treatment plant became operational (still in use)."
      ],
      [
        "1982",
        "Village built its water treatment plant; it has since had two upgrades."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater from 3 wells (#3, #4, #6) is pumped through an aerator, chlorinated, and stored in clear wells, then polished through sand pressure filters before distribution. Plant built 1982 (with two later upgrades), rated 0.325 MGD, averaging about 134,000 gallons/day; two elevated tanks (100,000…",
    "press": "Not published — no psi figure found on the village site or in available EPA SDWIS records; storage is provided by two elevated tanks (100,000 gal and 200,000 gal) rather than a…",
    "rate": {
      "g": 3.4,
      "n": "Quarterly rate schedule effective 1/1/2024, confirmed directly from the village's Water & Sewer Rate Chart PDF: 3/4\"-1\" residential service is $36.00/quarter water base +…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.32",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "Natural erosion of deposits; range 1.32-1.32. Could not be independently re-verified because the 2025 CCR is an…"
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.019",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2025",
        "Natural erosion of deposits. Same OCR caveat as above."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine",
        "0.6",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Disinfectant residual; range 0.3-0.9, no violation. Same OCR caveat as above."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "4.7",
        "ppb",
        "15 AL",
        "2025",
        "0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. Same OCR caveat as above."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.1",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 AL",
        "2025",
        "0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. Same OCR caveat as above."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Water and wastewater lead/copper service line inventory",
        null,
        "2024",
        "completed",
        "Required inventory available for public review at the Utility office per the 2025 CCR."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA's source water assessment reportedly rates Ottoville's aquifer as 'high susceptibility to contamination' due to a thin clay layer over the aquifer and nearby contaminant sources; fluoride occurs naturally near (but under) the MCL. Could not be independently re-verified because the CCR is an unOCR-able scanned PDF; SDWIS does…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Village-owned activated sludge wastewater treatment plant at 200 Utility Drive, operating since 1978 with a rated capacity of 0.339 MGD, discharging to the Little Auglaize River.",
      "st": "The village does maintain a storm sewer system with a paid tap/connection process — its Utilities Forms page lists a 'Storm Sewer User Fee Application' (Vorst-storm-sewer-tap-app.pdf), a scanned form whose fee details could not be OCR'd. No evidence was found…"
    },
    "fun": [
      "Ottoville's wastewater plant has been running since 1978 and still discharges to the Little Auglaize River.",
      "The village was platted twice — an 1845 attempt failed, and the town only took hold after a second platting in 1873.",
      "The water plant was built in 1982, four years after the wastewater plant, and has had two upgrades since."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/water-and-wastewater",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoville,_Ohio"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/water-and-wastewater"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/forms?download=1142:water_sewer_rate2024"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/forms?download=1205:drinking-water-consumer-confidence-report-2025"
      ],
      "projects": [
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/forms?download=1205:drinking-water-consumer-confidence-report-2025"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM/PWSID/OH6900812/JSON"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/water-and-wastewater",
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/forms"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://www.villageofottoville.org/utilities/water-and-wastewater"
      ]
    }
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    "caption": "Canal Street (U.S. Route 224) looking south from Second Street in Ottoville, Ohio",
    "credit": "Nyttend",
    "license": "Public domain"
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
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