{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH7700411", "name": "Barberton City", "county": "Summit", "population": 31298, "producer": true, "source_class": "reservoir", "label": "Wolf Creek (Barberton) Reservoir, tributary of Tuscarawas River", "bodies": [ "Wolf Creek Reservoir (Barberton Reservoir)", "Wolf Creek", "Tuscarawas River (watershed)", "Pigeon Creek wells (backup)" ], "intakes": [ "Barberton Wolf Creek Reserv" ], "wells": 3, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Barberton Reservoir is fed by Upper Wolf Creek, a headwater tributary of the Tuscarawas River, supplemented by 3 groundwater wells along Pigeon Creek as a secondary source.", "urls": [ "https://www.nefcoplanning.org/upper-wolf-creek-barberton-reservoir-watershed/", "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/epa.ohio.gov/Portals/35/nps/Wolf_Creek_Ver1.0_5-26-2020.pdf" ], "chain": [ "OH7700411" ], "plants": [ { "n": "City of Barberton Water Treatment Plant", "a": "3365 Summit Road, Norton, OH 44203", "la": 41.0562, "lo": -81.6135, "pt": "plant", "wb": "Wolf Creek (Barberton) Reservoir, a tributary impoundment of the Tuscarawas River", "src": "Wolf Creek (Barberton) Reservoir, impounded behind the Barberton dam, with the treatment plant drawing directly from the reservoir", "cls": "reservoir", "in": [ { "n": "Barberton (Wolf Creek) Reservoir intake", "wb": "Barberton Reservoir, an impoundment of Wolf Creek behind the 1926 Ambursen-style Wolf Creek Dam", "role": "primary", "src": "Intake at Wolf Creek Dam in the 200-acre, 670-million-gallon Barberton Reservoir; the plant sits just below the dam", "la": 41.058, "lo": -81.6179, "pt": "dam" }, { "n": "Pigeon Creek / Wolf Creek wells", "wb": "Sand-and-gravel aquifer beneath Pigeon and Wolf Creeks (shallow, unconfined buried-valley type deposit)", "role": "backup", "src": "3 city-owned groundwater wells along Pigeon and Wolf Creek, combined capacity 5.0 MGD, used to supplement the reservoir during drought or harmful algal blooms (3 wells)", "la": 41.01, "lo": -81.615, "pt": "approximate", "wells": [ "Well 1", "Well 2", "Well 3" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1891", "City of Barberton founded by industrialist Ohio Columbus (O.C.) Barber, the Diamond Match Company magnate." ], [ "1969", "Ohio law took effect requiring fluoride to be added to public drinking water; Barberton still fluoridates under it, averaging 0.88 ppm in 2025." ], [ "2025", "Design work continued on an infrastructure improvement plan for the Barberton Reservoir dam, expected to go out to bid in late 2026." ], [ "2025", "The water treatment plant's own septic system was found no longer serviceable; a replacement pump station was designed for 2026 installation." ], [ "2026", "A 5% across-the-board water and sewer rate increase took effect with the March 2026 billing, under a standing 2013 ordinance allowing up to 5% a year." ] ], "treat": "Conventional treatment: mixing, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and chlorine disinfection, plus fluoride and orthophosphate for corrosion control. Backup: three wells on Pigeon and Wolf Creek (4.6 MGD) and two emergency Akron interconnects.", "press": "not published; no psi figure or pressure-zone data found in the 2025 CCR, the 2026 rate schedule, or the city utilities pages.", "rate": { "g": 9.02, "n": "Residential, +5% effective March 2026: $9.02/1,000 gal to 30,000 gal, then $8.02/$7.49; $22.55/mo minimum covers 2,500 gal. Bill shown at 5,000 gal/mo.", "m": 45.1 }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "65.75", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Chlorination byproduct; single results ran 23.5-96.1 ppb, above the 80 MCL at times." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "44.7", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Chlorination byproduct at 75% of the MCL; single results ran 25.7-80.6 ppb." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "4.091", "ppb", "15 (AL)", "2025", "0 of 31 samples over the action level; no detectable lead leaving the plant." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.2965", "ppm", "1.3 (AL)", "2025", "0 of 31 household samples over the action level." ], [ "Nitrate (as N)", "0.437", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Range 0.0-2.92; well under the MCL despite farming in the watershed." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.88", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Added for dental health under Ohio's 1969 law; range 0.66-0.89." ], [ "Turbidity", "0.16", "NTU", "1 (TT, <1 NTU)", "2025", "Filter performance indicator; range 0.02-0.50 NTU, 99.9% of samples met the standard." ], [ "PFAS (6 regulated compounds)", "ND", "ppt", "4 (PFOA/PFOS…", "2024-202…", "UCMR5 samples in Apr/Jul/Oct 2024 and Jan 2025; all six regulated PFAS non-detect." ], [ "Barium", "0.054", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Erosion of natural deposits and drilling or refinery discharges; far under the MCL." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Water main replacements", null, "2025", "completed", "Wooster Road West from 4th to 27th Street, Frank Street and Wisteria Drive water mains replaced." ], [ "Barberton-Norton distribution expansion and Norton elevated storage tank", null, "2025", "completed", "Joint Barberton-Norton project for Brookside Greens off Greenwich Rd; tank finished before the CCR circulated; mains on Wadsworth Rd to SR 21." ] ], "plan": [ [ "Barberton Reservoir dam infrastructure improvement", null, "2026", "planned", "Design phase continued through 2025; the project is expected to go out to bid in late 2026. No cost published." ], [ "Treatment plant septic-to-pump-station conversion", null, "2026", "planned", "The plant's septic system is no longer serviceable; a replacement pump station was designed in 2025 for 2026 installation." ] ], "stress": "Both sources rate as susceptible in the city's own CCR: all Ohio surface water is presumed vulnerable, and the backup sand-and-gravel aquifer is shallow with no significant protective layer above it. The 18,062-acre Upper Wolf Creek watershed carries farm runoff and home sewage system risk.", "sew": { "s": "Barberton's Sewer Division serves about 13,000 customers (the water side serves ~11,000) with its own treatment plant, industrial pretreatment and collection crews. Sewer is billed on metered water use: $6.43/1,000 gal to 30,000 gal, $16.08/mo minimum. Plant capacity and receiving stream were not found.", "st": "The Sewer Division maintains sanitary, storm and combined sewers, so part of the city is on a combined system. No stormwater utility fee, CSO outfall count, or consent-decree status was found in available sources." }, "fun": [ "Barberton was founded in 1891 by industrialist Ohio Columbus (O.C.) Barber, the Diamond Match magnate whose company town gave the city its name.", "The Barberton Reservoir is a 200-acre, 670-million-gallon lake on Upper Wolf Creek, fed by an 18,062-acre watershed spanning Medina and Summit counties.", "Two emergency interconnects with Akron's system sit ready as a backstop, but Barberton didn't buy a single gallon from Akron in 2025.", "Qualifying Barberton homeowners get a 20% discount rate of $7.22 per 1,000 gallons, and the water runs hard - about 170 ppm total hardness." ] }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44203", "share": 0.6569, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44314", "share": 0.005, "dominant": false }, { "zip": "44319", "share": 0.0016, "dominant": false }, { "zip": "44320", "share": 0.0015, "dominant": false } ], "photo": null, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7700411/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH7700411.json", "generated": "2026-09-16", "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms", "cite": "Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), \"Barberton City · OH7700411\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7700411/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }