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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH7500212",
  "name": "Botkins Village",
  "county": "Shelby",
  "population": 1250,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (4 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 4,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH7500212"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1858",
        "Land platted and the village named for original property owner Richard Botkin."
      ],
      [
        "1877",
        "Post office opens in Botkins."
      ],
      [
        "1881",
        "Village of Botkins officially incorporates."
      ],
      [
        "1996",
        "Water system's earliest EPA-recorded violation on file (a code-52 monitoring/reporting violation, resolved by Nov. 1997)."
      ],
      [
        "2020",
        "Two additional violations recorded with Ohio EPA (SDWIS lists them under violation code 72, category 'Other', tier-3 public notification; both shown as outstanding with no resolution date in EPA's…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater from four wells (two at 220 Hickory St., two three-quarter mile northwest of the plant), disinfected with chlorine before distribution; no filtration or advanced treatment step is described in the 2024 CCR.",
    "press": "Not published — no psi figure or pressure-zone map found in the CCR or village utilities page.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 3.88,
      "n": "Ordinance 23-36 (adopted 12/13/2023): effective 1/1/2025, the minimum quarterly water charge is $92.23, covering the first 6,000 gallons, then $3.88 per 1,000 gallons of water…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "36.3",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2024",
        "Range of detections 30.3-56.6 ppb; disinfection by-product; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "8.6",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2024",
        "Disinfection by-product; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Total Chlorine residual",
        "1.11",
        "ppm",
        "MRDL 4",
        "2024",
        "Range 0.20-2.20 ppm; added to control microbes."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "<2.0",
        "ppb",
        "AL 15",
        "2024",
        "0 of 10 taps over the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.74",
        "ppm",
        "AL 1.3",
        "2024",
        "0 of 10 taps over the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.52",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2022",
        "Natural erosion plus water additive; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Gross Alpha",
        "4.18",
        "pCi/L",
        "15",
        "2022",
        "Naturally occurring radioactivity; no violation."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Aquifer rated 'moderate susceptibility' to contamination in the 2024 CCR because potential significant sources of contamination exist in the recharge area; no drought, capacity, or PFAS concerns surfaced in available sources.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Village bills sewerage under the same ordinance as water (Ordinance 23-36) but at a different volumetric rate for 2025: $92.23/quarter minimum for the first 6,000 gallons, then $3.99 per 1,000 gallons (vs. water's $3.88), plus a $2.50/month per-connection capital fee. Treatment plant name, capacity, and receiving stream were not found in…",
      "st": "Separate $1.50/month stormwater fee per connection funds storm tile, drain, and retention/detention basin maintenance (Ordinance 23-36, Sec. 3), on top of a $2.50/month capital-improvement fee on the water side (Sec. 4); no flooding history found."
    },
    "fun": [
      "The path of totality for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse crossed the northwest corner of the village.",
      "The village was fictionally referenced as a character's birthplace ('Coach John') in the newspaper comic strip 'Big Nate' in June 2014.",
      "Botkins sits directly on Interstate 75 at Exit 104.",
      "The village was named after Richard Botkin, the landowner whose property was platted into the town in 1858."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botkins,_Ohio",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/VIOLATION/PWSID/OH7500212/JSON"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/cd73eb19/files/uploaded/2024_CCR.pdf"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/cd73eb19/files/uploaded/23-36+Utility+Rates.pdf"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/cd73eb19/files/uploaded/2024_CCR.pdf"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/cd73eb19/files/uploaded/2024_CCR.pdf"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/cd73eb19/files/uploaded/23-36+Utility+Rates.pdf"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botkins,_Ohio"
      ]
    }
  },
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      "zip": "45306",
      "share": 0.5018,
      "dominant": true
    }
  ],
  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH7500212.jpg",
    "caption": "Downtown Botkins, Ohio, with the First National Bank on State Street",
    "credit": "S1crow",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0"
  },
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
  "cite": "Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), \"Botkins Village · OH7500212\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7500212/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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