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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH7500512",
  "name": "Jackson Center Village",
  "county": "Shelby",
  "population": 1462,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (4 wells)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 4,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
  "chain": [
    "OH7500512"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1835",
        "Jackson Center was platted in Shelby County."
      ],
      [
        "1858",
        "A post office named Jackson Center was established."
      ],
      [
        "1940",
        "Village Ordinance #148 (Dec. 16) recognized the need for a sanitary sewage system."
      ],
      [
        "1941",
        "Village issued $15,000 in bonds (March 7) to build its first sanitary sewer system."
      ],
      [
        "1942",
        "Bond issue increased to $25,000 (May 4)."
      ],
      [
        "1952",
        "Jackson Center became home to Airstream travel trailer and motorhome manufacturing, a lasting economic anchor."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater from a 4-well field at the south end of the village (wells 68-186 ft deep; oldest well 53 years old, newest 13 years old); moderate-susceptibility aquifer under a moderately thick protective clay layer; water is chlorinated for disinfection before distribution.",
    "press": "Not published; no psi figure or pressure-zone map found in the village's website or its 2025 CCR.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 9.74,
      "n": "2025 rates (Ordinance 2023-015, effective 2025): water base charge $40.25/month covers 0-2,100 gal, then tiered volumetric rates of $10.25/$9.74/$9.12 per 1,000 gal across usage…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Lead (individual result, Jan-June)",
        "16.4",
        "ppb",
        "15 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "1 of 20 samples exceeded the lead action level in the first half of 2025; 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb. No exceedance in…"
      ],
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "41.48",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Range 30.6-59.6 ppb; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "25.83",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Range 14.1-40.3 ppb; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Gross Alpha",
        "3.24",
        "pCi/L",
        "15",
        "2025",
        "Radioactive contaminant; erosion of natural deposits."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "0.99",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "Erosion of natural deposits / water additive."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.555",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2025",
        "Erosion of natural deposits."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile, Jan-June)",
        "0.63",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "Relabeled from the source's ambiguous table: this is the '90% of test levels were less than' figure, not an individual…"
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [
      [
        "Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) financing",
        1105088,
        "2024",
        "unknown",
        "Reportedly listed in an OWDA bond statement as a $1,105,088 WPCLF obligation effective 1/1/2024; specific project scope not confirmed. This item could not be…"
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Source water assessment rates the well field as having 'moderate susceptibility' to contamination: a protective clay layer is present, but the assessment also notes 'significant potential contaminant sources' within the wellhead protection area, per the 2025 CCR.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Village-owned Jackson Center WWTP reportedly with design flow ~0.37 MGD and average flow ~0.26 MGD, discharging to Jackson Center Creek; a cited Ohio EPA Great Miami River watershed TMDL study reportedly describes the creek as 'a small stream with severe channelization and excessive loadings from the Jackson Center WWTP.' This specific…",
      "st": "Not detailed in sources reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Jackson Center has been home to Airstream travel trailer and motorhome manufacturing since 1952.",
      "The village's oldest active water-supply well has been in service for 53 years, while its newest is only about 13 years old.",
      "The 1940s-era sewer system was built entirely on village bond issues ($15,000 in 1941, increased to $25,000 in 1942, then expanded with $66,000 more in 1956) rather than outside grants.",
      "Jackson Center Creek, downstream of the village's wastewater plant, has reportedly been flagged by an Ohio EPA TMDL study as a small, heavily channelized stream carrying 'excessive loadings' — though this specific…"
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://www.jacksoncenter.com/water-wastewater",
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Center,_Ohio"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/2913365d/files/uploaded/CCR+2025.pdf"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://www.jacksoncenter.com/municipal-utilities"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/2913365d/files/uploaded/CCR+2025.pdf"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/2913365d/files/uploaded/CCR+2025.pdf"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://www.jacksoncenter.com/water-wastewater",
        "https://irp.cdn-website.com/2913365d/files/uploaded/CCR+2025.pdf"
      ]
    }
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      "dominant": true
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    "url": "/photos/OH7500512.jpg",
    "caption": "View along Ohio State Route 65 at the main intersection in Jackson Center, 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",
  "cite": "Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), \"Jackson Center Village · OH7500512\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7500512/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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