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  "name": "Brewster Village",
  "county": "Stark",
  "population": 2113,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (5 wells)",
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    "hist": [
      [
        "2019",
        "Ohio Rural Water Association source-water assessment found Brewster's aquifer highly susceptible to contamination (no protective layers, nearby contaminant sources)."
      ],
      [
        "2021",
        "Village began scheduled 2.75% annual water-rate increases (following a 10% reduction in 2020) with a required tri-annual outside rate study to verify the need for continued increases."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "Completed the Water Transmission Main Replacement Project: 5,875 ft (about 1.11 mi) of main replaced plus a new redundant feed line; ~$1.2M OPWC grant plus village match, project came in under budget."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "Completed the first of two required PFAS sampling rounds under the federal 2024 PFAS rule (November 2025); all six regulated PFAS were non-detect."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater pumped from 5 wells into the 'Big Indian' aquifer; the 2025 CCR documents chlorine disinfection (average residual ~1.0 ppm) but describes no filtration or softening step, so treatment is primarily well pumping plus chlorination.",
    "press": "Not published -- no service-pressure figures found in the CCR or village site; system serves roughly 871 water customers per third-party utility data.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 3.97,
      "n": "2025: $3.97 per 1,000 gal usage fee (first 2,000 gal) plus a $24.78/month capital charge per residential customer, confirmed on the village's own Water Utility page; 2.75% annual…",
      "m": 32.72
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        "TTHM (total trihalomethanes)",
        "42.9",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Chlorination byproduct; range 19-42.9 ppb, no violation."
      ],
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        "HAA5 (haloacetic acids)",
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        "60",
        "2025",
        "Chlorination byproduct; range 12.6-13.5 ppb."
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        "4 (MRDL)",
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        "Disinfectant residual; range 0.65-1.15 ppm."
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        "2",
        "2025",
        "Natural erosion/industrial discharge source."
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        "ppb",
        "15 (action…",
        "2023",
        "0 of 10 sites over action level."
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        "Copper (90th percentile)",
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        "1.3 (action…",
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        "0 of 10 sites over action level."
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        "15",
        "2025",
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        "pCi/L",
        "5",
        "2025",
        "Naturally occurring radioactivity."
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        "completed",
        "Replaced 5,875 ft of transmission main and added a redundant feed line; OPWC grant-funded (~$1.2M grant, village match ~$114K, came in under budget by ~$52K)."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
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        "Second PFAS sampling round (federal PFAS rule)",
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        "2027",
        "planned",
        "Required by April 26, 2027; first round (Nov 2025) was non-detect for all 6 regulated PFAS."
      ]
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    "stress": "The 'Big Indian' aquifer supplying Brewster's 5 wells was rated highly susceptible to contamination in a 2019 source-water assessment (no protective soil layers, nearby contamination sources), though no contamination has been detected; no drought or capacity stress reported.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Village of Brewster runs its own sewer utility along Sugar Creek. A claim that its water/sewer superintendent holds an Ohio Class III Wastewater license was in the researcher's draft but could not be independently re-verified this pass; published plant capacity, receiving-stream detail, and any CSO/consent-decree status were not found.",
      "st": "Not published; village signage asks residents not to flush wipes, which clog sewer lines."
    },
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      "Brewster grew up as a railroad town: the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway opened its locomotive shops at Brewster in 1910 and built its own 0-8-0 steam locomotives there -- a feat few larger railroads attempted; the shops…",
      "The village's water comes from an aquifer with the folk nickname 'Big Indian.'",
      "The CCR's own glossary explains a part per billion as 'one second in 31.7 years' -- that's the scale of the trace contaminants it reports.",
      "Brewster tested for six regulated PFAS chemicals in November 2025, over a year ahead of the federal deadline, and found none."
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