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  "name": "Akron City",
  "county": "Summit",
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  "producer": true,
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  "label": "Lake Rockwell (Cuyahoga River impoundment)",
  "bodies": [
    "Lake Rockwell",
    "Cuyahoga River",
    "Wendell R. LaDue Reservoir",
    "East Branch Reservoir"
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  "intakes": [
    "Akron Lake Rockwell Inch"
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  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "Akron's water supply is Lake Rockwell, a reservoir on the Cuyahoga River in Portage County, with intakes at 72-, 60-, and 48-inch pipes matching SDWIS entries.",
  "urls": [
    "https://cms2.revize.com/revize/akronoh/Documents/Departments/Service/Water%20Supply%20Bureau/Reports/2025waterqualityreport.pdf",
    "https://www.akronohio.gov/departments/service/water_supply_bureau/index.php"
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      "n": "Akron Water Supply Bureau - Lake Rockwell Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "Lake Rockwell Dam / WTP, Franklin Township, Portage County, OH",
      "la": 41.1828,
      "lo": -81.3311,
      "pt": "approximate",
      "wb": "Cuyahoga River, impounded at Lake Rockwell",
      "src": "Cuyahoga River water impounded behind the Lake Rockwell dam, drawn via three raw-water lines (72\", 60\", 48\") to Akron's treatment plant, about 2.5 miles north of Kent",
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      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Lake Rockwell intake",
          "wb": "Cuyahoga River, impounded at Lake Rockwell",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Intake at Lake Rockwell sending impounded Cuyahoga water ~1,000 ft to the plant via 72-, 60- and 48-inch lines",
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          "lo": -81.3311,
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          "n": "Wendell R. LaDue Reservoir",
          "wb": "Bridge Creek and Black Brook, Cuyahoga River headwaters",
          "role": "storage",
          "src": "Akron-owned reservoir in Geauga County, released to replenish the Cuyahoga above Lake Rockwell in dry spells",
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          "lo": -81.1972,
          "pt": "approximate"
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          "n": "East Branch Reservoir",
          "wb": "East Branch of the Cuyahoga River",
          "role": "storage",
          "src": "Akron-owned 1939 reservoir near Burton, Geauga County; releases flow downstream toward Lake Rockwell",
          "la": 41.5036,
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          "pt": "approximate"
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        "1915",
        "Akron completed the Lake Rockwell dam and treatment plant on the upper Cuyahoga River, 2.5 miles north of Kent in Portage County."
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        "2014",
        "Akron entered the federal consent decree behind Akron Waterways Renewed!, following a 2009 Clean Water Act settlement, to cut combined sewer overflows to the Cuyahoga."
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        "2020",
        "The Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel went into full service in June, storing up to 25.6 million gallons and keeping about 467 million gallons a year out of local waterways."
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        "2023",
        "A federal court approved a downsized Northside Interceptor Tunnel, 16.5 ft rather than 24 ft in diameter, saving about $50 million, with a Dec 31, 2026 deadline."
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        "2025",
        "Akron finished removing every lead service line on Nov 19 after a 60-year effort, and had an HAA5 MCL violation at 2 of 12 sites in the third-quarter monitoring period."
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    "press": "not published; the utility notes 21% of the system sits at higher elevations served by eight additional pump-station and tank districts",
    "rate": {
      "g": 4.09,
      "n": "2024 restructuring: $3.06 per HCF (748 gal) = $4.09 per 1,000 gal, plus a new $9/month fixed infrastructure charge; the prior $2.73/HCF had held since 2012",
      "m": 27.36
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        "2025",
        "no violation; single-sample range 21.2-113"
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        "2025",
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        "2025",
        "single detection 6/29/25; all other PFAS results non-detect"
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        "0 of 50 samples over the action level"
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        "unregulated",
        "2025",
        "average; range 0.003-0.030; reported as of general interest, not regulated"
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        "highest recorded; 100% of monthly samples met the standard"
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        "2025",
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        "every public and private lead service line removed, finished 11/19/2025; largest Ohio system to do so"
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        "24 of 26 consent-decree projects complete since 2014; about $1 billion invested to date"
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        "2026",
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        "25th of 26 decree projects; downsized to 16.5 ft diameter, about a mile long; due Dec 31, 2026"
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    "stress": "Supply hangs on a single upper-Cuyahoga watershed rated moderate susceptibility in Ohio's 2003 assessment: farm runoff, failing septic systems, wastewater discharges and spill risk where rail and road corridors cross. In 2025 Akron leaned on its Medina County intertie for 57 days, 51.3 million gallons, during a tank rehab.",
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      "The Ohio Canal Interceptor Tunnel is 27 feet across and 6,240 feet long, and holds 25.6 million gallons of storm flow during a heavy rain.",
      "Akron Water manages more than 20,000 acres of watershed on the upper Cuyahoga River, land the city has protected for over a century.",
      "In 2025 Akron bought backup water from Medina County for 57 days, 51.3 million gallons, while rehabilitating a storage tank."
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