{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH7701012", "name": "Cuyahoga Falls City", "county": "Summit", "population": 51114, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Wells in Cuyahoga River buried valley sand & gravel aquifer", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 15, "aquifer": "Cuyahoga River buried valley sand and gravel aquifer", "notes": "18 wells at Water Works Park on the Cuyahoga River draw from a buried-valley sand and gravel aquifer recharged in part by the river.", "urls": [ "https://www.cityofcf.com/sites/default/files/editor/Water/CCR_2022.pdf", "https://www.cityofcf.com/departments/water" ], "chain": [ "OH7701012" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Cuyahoga Falls Water Treatment Plant", "a": "2028 Munroe Falls Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223", "la": 41.147, "lo": -81.4735, "pt": "wellfield", "wb": "Cuyahoga River buried-valley sand & gravel aquifer", "src": "18 wells in Water Works Park on the south bank of the Cuyahoga River, adjacent to the Munroe Falls Avenue treatment plant", "cls": "groundwater", "in": [ { "n": "Water Works Park Well Field", "wb": "Cuyahoga River buried valley sand and gravel - unconfined glacial outwash with no protective clay layer, refilled by the river and by…", "role": "primary", "src": "18 wells drilled in Water Works Park on the Cuyahoga's south bank next to the plant; 15 are currently active per Ohio EPA (15 wells · water table sits 4-32 ft below ground)", "la": 41.147, "lo": -81.4735, "pt": "wellfield", "wells": [ "Well 2", "Well 3", "Well 4", "Well 7", "Well 8", "Well 12", "Well 14", "Well 15", "Well 16", "Well 17", "Well 18", "Well 19", "Well 20", "Well 21", "Well 22" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1934", "Water Works Park, its shelter and its bridges were built by crews under FDR's Works Progress Administration, on the site of the city's well field." ], [ "1959", "Flooding inundated Water Works Park and the well field in January 1959; the park and wells flooded again in April 1978." ], [ "2022", "An Ohio EPA sanitary survey found reporting violations and significant deficiencies, including severe deterioration of the plant's softener building pipe gallery." ], [ "2023", "Two water main breaks on Akron Peninsula Road near Bath Road triggered an October 8 boil advisory on Akron-supplied lines serving outlying Cuyahoga Falls and Boston Township addresses." ], [ "2024", "One of 30 lead compliance samples returned 465 ppb, far over the 15 ppb action level; the resample came back under 5 ppb and the 90th percentile stayed at 0." ] ], "treat": "Groundwater from 18 wells at Water Works Park enters iron-removal filters where chlorine strips iron and manganese; about two-thirds is then softened by ion exchange, blended back with the rest to 100-130 ppm hardness, and dosed with chlorine, fluoride, caustic soda and orthophosphate.", "press": "not published; no average or pressure-zone psi figures appear in the city's water reports.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "No verifiable current rate found. The city does not post its per-unit schedule online; rates are set by Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Code 923.01.", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "61.78", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Running average under the MCL, but individual samples ranged 36.4-103 ppb, topping 80 at least once." ], [ "Lead (single high sample)", "465", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2024", "1 of 30 samples over the AL; resample under 5 ppb. 90th percentile reported as 0, so no AL exceedance." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "22.97", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Comfortably under the MCL. Range 18.5-33.7 ppb; no violation." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.44", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2024", "0 of 30 samples above the copper action level." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.92", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Added for tooth decay protection. Range 0.80-1.06 ppm." ], [ "Total chlorine", "1.27", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Residual disinfectant. Range 1.00-1.35 ppm; no violation." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Iron filter media replacement", null, "2023", "under construction", "Ordered after Ohio EPA found no replacement schedule and organic growth on several iron filters; phased replacement began in 2023." ] ], "plan": [ [ "Water treatment plant softener building and pipe gallery replacement", null, "2026", "planned", "Ohio EPA cited significant deterioration; design plans were due by end of 2025 with construction to begin in 2026." ], [ "Removal of the State Road Water Tank supplemental chlorine booster station", null, "2026", "planned", "The booster station was found inoperable during the 2022 sanitary survey; the city plans to remove it." ] ], "stress": "A buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer recharged by the Cuyahoga River through man-made channels and lagoons. Ohio EPA rates it highly susceptible: water sits 4-32 feet down with no low-permeability protective layer. The plant produces close to 6 MGD; aging plant structures, not supply, are the pressure.", "sew": { "s": "Not confirmed: which entity treats Cuyahoga Falls' sanitary flow, and that plant's capacity and receiving stream, could not be established in accessible sources, and no consent decree specific to the city was found.", "st": "Storm and combined sewer configuration for Cuyahoga Falls, and any stormwater utility fee, could not be confirmed in accessible sources." }, "fun": [ "Cuyahoga Falls drinks entirely from 18 wells at Water Works Park, but the Cuyahoga River still feeds the supply indirectly, recharging the aquifer through man-made channels and lagoons.", "The plant softens only about two-thirds of its water, then blends the softened and unsoftened streams back together to land at a target hardness of 100 to 130 ppm.", "Water Works Park's stone shelter and bridges were built around 1934 by crews working under FDR's Works Progress Administration.", "A single 2024 tap sample came back at 465 ppb of lead, over 30 times the action level - but the resample was under 5 ppb, pointing at that home's plumbing rather than the city's water." ] }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44221", "share": 0.9699, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44223", "share": 0.8964, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44264", "share": 0.3822, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44224", "share": 0.0248, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH7701012.jpg", "caption": "Ohio Edison Dam on the Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio", "credit": "No machine-readable author provided. 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