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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH7608112",
  "name": "Canton Public Water System",
  "county": "Stark",
  "population": 107113,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Glacial sand-and-gravel aquifer (3 well fields)",
  "bodies": [],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 19,
  "aquifer": "glacial sand-and-gravel aquifer (Northeast, Northwest and Sugar Creek well fields)",
  "notes": "Canton gets 100% of its water from wells 100-200 feet deep into glacial sand-and-gravel aquifers, split across three well fields (Northeast, Northwest, Sugarcreek) feeding three treatment plants.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.cantonohio.gov/Faq.aspx?QID=80",
    "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH7608112/JSON"
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  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Sugar Creek Water Treatment Plant (\"Main Plant\") and Wellfield",
      "a": "Wellfield off SR-212, Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County (Stark/Tuscarawas county line, south of Navarre), OH",
      "la": 40.66,
      "lo": -81.555,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Glacial sand-and-gravel aquifer along the Tuscarawas River / Sugar Creek valley",
      "src": "Ten collector wells in the Sugar Creek wellfield along the Tuscarawas River valley near the Stark/Tuscarawas county line, south of Navarre, OH (off SR-212)",
      "cls": "groundwater",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Sugarcreek well field",
          "wb": "Deep glacial buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer in the Sugar Creek valley (a Tuscarawas River tributary)",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Ten wells in a deep glacial buried valley along Sugar Creek southwest of Canton; feeds the 20-25 MGD main plant. (10 wells · 100-200 ft)",
          "la": 40.66,
          "lo": -81.555,
          "pt": "approximate",
          "sh": 52
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "n": "Northeast Water Treatment Plant and Well Field",
      "a": "Northeast well field, northeast Canton / Plain Township area, Stark County, OH (exact street address not published)",
      "la": 40.847,
      "lo": -81.336,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Glacial sand-and-gravel aquifer, northeast Canton/Plain Township area",
      "src": "Wells in the Northeast well field in the Plain Township area northeast of downtown Canton (near where Applegrove Water Co. territory and Middlebranch adjoin the city)",
      "cls": "groundwater",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Northeast well field",
          "wb": "Glacial sand-and-gravel (buried valley) aquifer",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "Five wells in glacial sand and gravel in the Plain Township area northeast of Canton; the city's second-largest field. (5 wells · 100-200 ft)",
          "la": 40.847,
          "lo": -81.336,
          "pt": "plant",
          "sh": 29
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "n": "Northwest Water Treatment Plant and Well Field",
      "a": "Northwest well field, northwest Canton area, Stark County, OH (exact street address not published)",
      "la": 40.826,
      "lo": -81.407,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Glacial sand-and-gravel aquifer, northwest Canton area",
      "src": "Wells in the Northwest well field serving the northwest side of Canton (Belden Village / north-central corridor)",
      "cls": "groundwater",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Northwest well field",
          "wb": "Glacial sand-and-gravel (buried valley) aquifer",
          "role": "secondary",
          "src": "Four wells in glacial sand and gravel on Canton's northwest side; smallest of the city's three well fields. (4 wells · 100-200 ft)",
          "la": 40.826,
          "lo": -81.407,
          "pt": "plant",
          "sh": 19
        }
      ]
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    "hist": [
      [
        "1870",
        "Canton built Holly water works to Joseph L. Pillsbury's design, pumping directly from Meyers Lake; its cement-lined wrought-iron mains soon gave way to cast iron."
      ],
      [
        "1873",
        "Meyers Lake was replaced as the city's source by water from Nimishillen Creek, and later by artesian wells — the start of Canton's shift to groundwater."
      ],
      [
        "2019",
        "Ohio EPA cited a significant deficiency on March 12, 2019 at Cromer Reservoir: poor roof and walls, exposed rebar, corroded inlet and outlet, and deep sediment."
      ],
      [
        "2022",
        "Canton finished the Cromer condition assessment, decided to build a new reservoir, hired Arcadis to design it, and began the Sugarcreek plant renovation in October."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "Canton's three well fields produced 6.30 billion gallons — Sugarcreek 3.15B, Northeast 1.85B, Northwest 1.30B."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "100% groundwater: three well fields (Northeast, Northwest, Sugarcreek) draw 100-200 ft into glacial sand-and-gravel aquifers, feeding three plants that aerate, filter, chlorinate and fluoridate. Nearly 30 million gallons is held in enclosed reservoirs.",
    "press": "not published — neither the 2024 CCR nor the March 2026 rate sheet states a system-wide psi figure.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 4.84,
      "n": "Eff. Mar 29, 2026: $3.6219/100 cu ft inside city for the first 4,500 cu ft ($2.8978 above); 5/8-in minimum $8.15/mo; outside-city bills carry a 150% surcharge.",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "2.52",
        "ppb",
        "15 (action…",
        "2024",
        "1 of 54 samples exceeded the action level; one site read 42.2 ppb. No violation."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.32",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (action…",
        "2024",
        "0 of 54 samples exceeded the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Arsenic",
        "1.37",
        "ppb",
        "10",
        "2022",
        "Erosion of natural deposits; well below the MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.08",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2024",
        "Naturally occurring plus additive; range 0.96-1.08."
      ],
      [
        "TTHM (total trihalomethanes)",
        "31.63",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2024",
        "Chlorination byproduct; range 10.40-55. No violation."
      ],
      [
        "HAA5 (haloacetic acids)",
        "15.29",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2024",
        "Chlorination byproduct; range 9.81-17.3. No violation."
      ],
      [
        "PFAS (29-compound UCMR5 panel)",
        "ND",
        "ppt",
        "",
        "2024",
        "Two rounds of UCMR5 testing in 2024 found no detectable PFAS anywhere in the supply."
      ],
      [
        "Barium",
        "0.116",
        "ppm",
        "2",
        "2022",
        "Metals refinery discharge and natural deposits; range 0.055-0.116."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Sugar Creek WTP renovation",
        null,
        "2022-2025",
        "under construction",
        "Well heads 1-7, raw water mains, aerators, clearwell baffles and rebuilt filters with air wash; substantial completion due late fall 2025."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [
      [
        "New Cromer Reservoir",
        null,
        "2026",
        "planned",
        "Replaces the reservoir Ohio EPA flagged in 2019; bidding May 2025, construction November 2025, substantial completion targeted November 2026."
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "Source Water Assessments rate all three well fields highly susceptible to contamination — the aquifers are shallow and permeable — though Canton reported no PFAS in two rounds of UCMR5 testing. Three independent plants plus ~30 million gallons of reserve storage cover single-point failures.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Canton's Water Reclamation Facility treats sanitary sewage from across the greater Stark County area, designed for 39 MGD average and 88 MGD peak flow using grit and grease removal, fine screening, flow equalization, membrane bioreactors and post-aeration, discharging by gravity to Nimishillen Creek.",
      "st": "Canton adopted a stormwater utility in 2025, effective Jan. 1, 2026: $3.75/month for one-to-three-family homes and $3.75-$325 for other parcels by impervious area, with credits up to 20%."
    },
    "fun": [
      "All of Canton's drinking water comes from wells 100-200 feet into aquifers left behind by glaciers — the city has no river or reservoir source at all.",
      "In 2024 Canton pulled 6.30 billion gallons from three separate well fields, and can take any one plant offline and still supply the city from the other two.",
      "Canton tested for 29 PFAS 'forever chemicals' in two rounds of EPA's UCMR5 program in 2024 and found none detectable in its water supply.",
      "Canton's sewage plant is a membrane bioreactor rated for 39 million gallons a day, discharging by gravity into Nimishillen Creek."
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    "caption": "Water tower near a Canton, Ohio water treatment facility",
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