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  "name": "Sidney City",
  "county": "Shelby",
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  "producer": true,
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  "label": "Groundwater wells (Great Miami River valley + Washington Twp) with Tawawa Creek/Miami R. backup",
  "bodies": [
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    "Great Miami River"
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    "Sidney Miami River",
    "Sidney Miami River Int"
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  "aquifer": "Great Miami River valley (sand and gravel) aquifer",
  "notes": "SDWIS lists Sidney as SW, but the city's stated current strategy makes groundwater (4 bedrock wells along the Great Miami River plus the Washington Township sand-and-gravel wellfield) the primary source, with the Tawawa Creek and Great Miami River surface intakes serving as secondary/backup because…",
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      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Great Miami River valley aquifer / Tawawa Creek / Great Miami River",
      "src": "Primarily groundwater wells in the Great Miami River valley and Washington Township, with Tawawa Creek and Great Miami River surface intakes as backup supply",
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          "n": "Great Miami River intake",
          "wb": "Fractured limestone/dolomite bedrock beneath the Great Miami River valley",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "4 bedrock wells along the Great Miami River near the plant; original combined yield exceeded 1 million gallons/day but has declined over the past decade (4 wells)",
          "la": 40.2908,
          "lo": -84.16,
          "pt": "approximate",
          "wells": [
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        {
          "n": "Miami River West intake",
          "wb": "Great Miami River",
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          "la": 40.287,
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          "pt": "approximate"
        },
        {
          "n": "Tawawa Creek intake",
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          "lo": -84.1685,
          "pt": "approximate"
        },
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          "n": "Great Miami River wellfield",
          "wb": "N/A (surface water, not a well field)",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Low-head dam intakes on Tawawa Creek and the Great Miami River supplement the groundwater wells; sources disagree on the exact surface/groundwater split (city materials describe supply as primarily groundwater; one secondary summary states ~75%…",
          "la": 40.2839,
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          "pt": "approximate"
        },
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          "n": "Washington Township well field",
          "wb": "Great Miami River valley sand-and-gravel aquifer",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "2 gravel-packed sand-and-gravel wells in Washington Township, adjacent to the river valley, supplementing the bedrock wells (2 wells)",
          "la": 40.24,
          "lo": -84.2,
          "pt": "approximate",
          "wells": [
            "Well 9",
            "Well 10"
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    "treat": "",
    "press": "",
    "rate": {
      "g": 9.21,
      "n": "Codified Ordinance 911.01 sets the water user charge at $6.89 per 100 cubic feet; at 748 gallons per 100 cubic feet that converts to about $9.21 per 1,000 gallons. (That ordinance…",
      "m": 18.58
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        "Washington Township wellfield and 9-mile, 30-inch raw water transmission main",
        22000000,
        "2017",
        "completed",
        "A 10 MGD wellfield replacing heavy reliance on surface intakes. The $22 million figure is a consultant's estimate to develop the wellfield and install the…"
      ],
      [
        "Wastewater treatment plant improvement project",
        12000000,
        "2017",
        "completed",
        "Raised WWTP capacity from 13.5 to 14.0 MGD, added UV disinfection, safety and reliability improvements and back-up generation for the full treatment process…"
      ],
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        "Great Miami River bedrock well rehabilitation",
        null,
        "2000…",
        "completed",
        "Two rounds of work to restore four fractured-bedrock wells whose yield had fallen from over 1,000,000 gpd to 600,000-800,000 gpd. No cost figure is published…"
      ],
      [
        "Lead service line inventory",
        null,
        "2024",
        "completed",
        "Initial inventory complete and available for review at the Service Center, 415 S. Vandemark Road; work continues to identify remaining unknown-material lines."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
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        "TTHM corrective actions",
        null,
        "2024-2025",
        "under construction",
        "In response to the 2024 violation the city listed increased flushing of key distribution sections, optimizing water tower turnover rates, exploring additional…"
      ],
      [
        "Identification of unknown-material service lines",
        null,
        "ongoing",
        "needed",
        "The city asks customers to report the customer-owned portion of their service line; no replacement cost or schedule is published."
      ],
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        "Remaining underground utility projects",
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        "2016",
        "needed",
        "The comprehensive plan identified over $6 million of additional underground utility projects still unfinished, with more known and unscheduled. Figure is a…"
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      "s": "City-run separate sanitary sewer system and wastewater plant whose stated purpose is to protect water quality in the Great Miami River. A $12 million upgrade completed in spring 2017 under an Ohio WPCLF loan raised capacity from 13.5 to 14.0 MGD, added UV disinfection and back-up generation. The system has severe inflow and infiltration…",
      "st": "Separate storm sewer system with a stormwater utility fee adopted as a required activity under the city's Ohio EPA NPDES Phase II stormwater permit. Non-residential properties are assigned an Equivalent Residential Unit multiple equal to measured impervious…"
    },
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    "caption": "Court Street Bridge over the Great Miami River in Sidney, Ohio, the river that backs up Sidney's water supply",
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