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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH7600011",
  "name": "Alliance City",
  "county": "Stark",
  "population": 22232,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "reservoir",
  "label": "Walborn Reservoir + Deer Creek Reservoir + Mahoning River",
  "bodies": [
    "Walborn Reservoir",
    "Deer Creek Reservoir",
    "Mahoning River"
  ],
  "intakes": [
    "Alliance Walborn Reservoir",
    "Alliance Deer Creek Reservo",
    "Alliance Mahoning River Int"
  ],
  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "City owns/operates Walborn and Deer Creek Reservoirs (part of Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District system) plus a direct Mahoning River intake; matches SDWIS intake names closely.",
  "urls": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walborn_Reservoir"
  ],
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  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Alliance City Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "Alliance, Stark County, OH 44601",
      "la": 40.9161,
      "lo": -81.1056,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Walborn Reservoir / Deer Creek Reservoir / Mahoning River",
      "src": "Blended surface supply drawn from the Walborn Reservoir and Deer Creek Reservoir (both southeast of the city, part of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District system) with a supplemental Mahoning River intake",
      "cls": "reservoir",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Deer Creek Reservoir intake",
          "wb": "Deer Creek Reservoir",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Multi-level intake tower at Deer Creek Reservoir, the lower of two contiguous impoundments southeast of Alliance; supplies most raw water to the North Rockhill Ave. plant",
          "la": 40.9684,
          "lo": -81.1165,
          "pt": "dam"
        },
        {
          "n": "Walborn Reservoir",
          "wb": "Walborn Reservoir (Dale Walborn Reservoir)",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "Upper of the two contiguous Muskingum-watershed reservoirs near Limaville; water is released/blended down into Deer Creek Reservoir which feeds the plant intake",
          "la": 40.9713,
          "lo": -81.1887,
          "pt": "dam"
        },
        {
          "n": "Mahoning River intake",
          "wb": "Mahoning River",
          "role": "emergency",
          "src": "Backup river pump station near Alliance; not used to supply the plant since 1999 but pumping equipment is kept operational for emergencies",
          "la": 40.9256,
          "lo": -81.1329,
          "pt": "approximate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1895",
        "Alliance's original sewage treatment plant was built on Keystone Street, the root of the current wastewater system."
      ],
      [
        "1954",
        "Deer Creek Reservoir dedicated on October 25 to supply raw water to the Alliance Water Treatment Plant."
      ],
      [
        "1990…",
        "City Council authorized construction of the current 10-million-gallon-per-day water treatment plant."
      ],
      [
        "1993 (July)",
        "The current Alliance Water Treatment Plant began operation."
      ],
      [
        "1999",
        "The Mahoning River secondary intake was last used; the pumps are still kept fully operational as an emergency backup source."
      ],
      [
        "2003",
        "Alliance's Drinking Water Source Assessment report prepared, rating the surface supply as having high susceptibility to contamination."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Raw water is drawn through a multi-level intake structure on Deer Creek Reservoir and conveyed to the treatment plant at 12251 Rockhill Avenue NE. The 10-MGD plant, authorized by City Council in February 1990 and in operation since July 1993, uses chlorine dioxide oxidation, powdered activated…",
    "press": "No system-average pressure is published. The 2025 CCR discloses one January 2025 disruption in which about 5,000 service connections on the south end of town, supplied from the…",
    "rate": {
      "g": 9.2,
      "n": "Rate year April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. Inside city: water $6.88 per 100 cubic feet (1 CCF = 748 gal, so $9.20 per 1,000 gallons), MR sewer $4.12/CCF, DR sewer $0.53/CCF…",
      "m": 34.59
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "63.6",
        "ppb",
        "80 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 24.2 to 86 ppb. Individual results ran above the 80 ppb MCL value, but compliance is judged on the locational…"
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "29.2",
        "ppb",
        "60 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 11.8 to 32.5 ppb; disinfection byproduct."
      ],
      [
        "Chlorite",
        "0.43",
        "ppm",
        "1.0 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range <0.02 to 0.59 ppm. Byproduct of the plant's chlorine dioxide oxidation step. MCLG 0.8."
      ],
      [
        "Chlorine dioxide",
        "0.037",
        "ppm",
        "0.8 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.00 to 0.037 ppm; oxidant used at the head of the plant."
      ],
      [
        "Chlorine",
        "1.24",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MRDL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.82 to 1.51 ppm; disinfectant residual."
      ],
      [
        "Turbidity",
        "0.25 (highest)",
        "NTU",
        "TT (0.3 NTU in…",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.06 to 0.25 NTU; lowest monthly percentage of samples meeting the limit was 100%."
      ],
      [
        "Total Organic Carbon (TOC)",
        "1.89",
        "ratio",
        "TT",
        "2025",
        "Range 1.57 to 2.22. Removal ratio; a value above 1 indicates compliance."
      ],
      [
        "Total Coliform",
        "0",
        "positive…",
        "TT",
        "2025",
        "Range 0 to 0."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.76",
        "ppm",
        "10 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.11 to 0.76 ppm; well below MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.06",
        "ppm",
        "4 (MCL)",
        "2025",
        "Range 0.78 to 1.19 ppm; added for dental benefit plus natural erosion."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Water Service Line Replacement Project",
        null,
        "2020s",
        "under construction",
        "City-run program tied to Lead and Copper Rule service-line work; the city's project page links application forms, an FAQ and Ohio EPA lead service line…"
      ],
      [
        "Service Line Inventory (SLIM)",
        null,
        "",
        "completed",
        "Lead and Copper Rule-mandated inventory of service line materials, published as a public spreadsheet on the city's Water & Sewer Distribution page."
      ],
      [
        "Deer Creek Park boat ramp and parking lot improvement (Stark Parks)",
        null,
        "",
        "under construction",
        "Stark Parks upgrade requiring a temporary reservoir drawdown (posted as roughly October 24 to November 24, with no year given on the city notice). The lower…"
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Alliance's primary supply is the Walborn and Deer Creek Reservoirs, with a combined raw water storage potential of 2.85 billion gallons (the city's water page states 2.9 billion). The Mahoning River is a secondary source, unused since 1999 but with pumps kept fully operational. The city's Drinking Water Source Assessment rates the…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "The City of Alliance operates its own wastewater treatment plant at 12251 Rockhill Avenue NE (the department traces to an 1895 plant on Keystone Street), treating domestic, commercial and industrial wastewater from the city and surrounding areas. Final effluent discharges to the Mahoning River at the head works of Berlin Reservoir. The…",
      "st": "Not documented in the city sources reviewed — Alliance publishes no stormwater utility, separate storm fee, or CSO status on its water and wastewater pages."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Alliance calls itself \"The Carnation City,\" a name printed on the masthead of its annual water quality report.",
      "Walborn and Deer Creek reservoirs together hold about 2.85 billion gallons of raw water — roughly a year and a half of supply for a 10-MGD plant running flat out.",
      "The plant uses ultraviolet advanced oxidation, an unusually advanced step for a city of 22,000.",
      "The Mahoning River backup intake has not been used since 1999, but Alliance still keeps the pumps fully operational in case it is ever needed.",
      "When Stark Parks lowers Deer Creek Reservoir for park construction, manganese in the raw water goes up — the city posts a public notice about it rather than letting residents guess at the discolored water."
    ],
    "src": {
      "history": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/2025-CCR",
        "https://www.cityofalliance.com/122/Water-Treatment",
        "https://www.cityofalliance.com/133/Wastewater-Treatment"
      ],
      "treatment": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/2025-CCR",
        "https://www.cityofalliance.com/122/Water-Treatment"
      ],
      "pressure": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/2025-CCR"
      ],
      "rates": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/128/Billing-Process-Explained"
      ],
      "impurities": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/2025-CCR"
      ],
      "projects": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/481/Water-Service-Line-Replacement-Project",
        "https://www.cityofalliance.com/122/Water-Treatment",
        "https://cityofalliance.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/2025-CCR",
        "http://www.cityofalliance.com/124/Water-Sewer-Distribution"
      ],
      "water_stress": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/2025-CCR",
        "https://www.cityofalliance.com/122/Water-Treatment"
      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://www.cityofalliance.com/133/Wastewater-Treatment",
        "https://cityofalliance.com/128/Billing-Process-Explained"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://cityofalliance.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/2025-CCR",
        "https://www.cityofalliance.com/122/Water-Treatment"
      ]
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    "caption": "Walborn Reservoir near Alliance, Ohio, one of the city's water sources",
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