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In November 2025 Arcadis crews began reconnaissance for potholing work to verify service line materials, and Spano…" ], [ "Jan 2026", "Council passed Ordinance 1912-2025 on January 20, 2026, cutting the quarterly residential sanitary sewer base rate to $200.00 in-village and $320.00 out-of-village, effective with July 1, 2026…" ], [ "2026", "HM Miller hired to install water mains at the Raymond, Josephine and Wilson Avenue dead ends starting August 17, 2026, and to replace or line sanitary sewer mains on roughly fifteen streets starting…" ] ], "treat": "The Lakemore Water Treatment Plant at 2827 Sanitarium Road draws from a field of four wells on the north side of Sanitarium Road, each over 200 feet deep into a sandstone aquifer whose water level sits about 26 feet below ground surface. Water is pumped to the plant, where chlorine is added to…", "press": "Not published. No psi figure or pressure-zone map appears in the CCR or on the village site. The system's 572,000-gallon standpipe — the pressure-holding structure — was replaced…", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Lakemore does not publish a water rate anywhere online; billing is quarterly, with customers submitting their own meter readings, and the village directs anyone wanting rate…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "40.6", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Two distribution sites: 23.6 and 40.6 ppb. Below the MCL." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "7.9", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range <6 to 7.9 ppb." ], [ "Total chlorine", "1.051", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 0.48-1.85 ppm." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "<2.0", "ppb", "15 (AL)", "2025", "0 of 10 samples over the action level." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.56", "ppm", "1.3 (AL)", "2025", "0 of 10 samples over the action level." ], [ "Nitrate", "<0.10", "mg/L", "10", "2025", "Range ND-0.10; effectively not detected." ], [ "Nitrite", "<0.10", "mg/L", "10", "2025", "Range ND-0.10; effectively not detected." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.252", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Range 0.100-0.252 ppm." ], [ "Hardness", "324.9", "mg/L", "none (not…", "2025", "Reported by the village as 14 grains per gallon — very hard water." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Water storage and standpipe replacement", null, "2025", "completed", "Replaced in early 2025 after Ohio EPA's November 3, 2022 sanitary survey found significant deficiencies with the 572,000-gallon standpipe. No cost published." ], [ "Lead service line potholing and material verification", null, "2025-2026", "under construction", "Arcadis staff did reconnaissance in Lakemore November 3-21, 2025 to identify feasible potholing locations (curb stop findable, in a grassy area) before…" ], [ "Second Street water main replacement", null, "2025", "under construction", "Spano Brothers began replacing the Second Street water main in December 2025. No cost published." ], [ "Water main installation at Raymond, Josephine and Wilson Avenue dead ends", null, "2026", "under construction", "Contractor HM Miller; work to begin August 17, 2026 with services tapped by September 25, 2026. No cost published." ], [ "Sanitary sewer main replacement and lining, multiple streets", null, "2026", "planned", "Contractor HM Miller; scheduled to begin September 28, 2026 on Lakeview, Lakeside, Hilda, Ackers, Euclid, Wilson, Martha, Elizabeth, Josephine, Raymond…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "Village-wide lead service line replacement", null, "", "needed", "Follows the 2025-2026 inventory and potholing work. No timeline, scope, or cost has been published." ], [ "Springfield Lake water and groundwater study (Great Lakes Environmental Justice Thriving Communities grant)", null, "", "proposed", "A joint application by Lakemore, Springfield Township and Summit County to fund extensive sampling of the water in and the ground below Springfield Lake, to…" ] ], "stress": "Lakemore's drinking water is groundwater, but Ohio EPA rates the aquifer's susceptibility to contamination as MODERATE, not low: the wells are over 200 feet deep in sandstone with water 26 feet below ground surface, but only a 10-foot shale layer separates them from the surface, which the CCR says 'allows limited protection,' and…", "sew": { "s": "Lakemore has no wastewater treatment plant of its own. Sanitary sewage flows to a master meter for Akron, and the City of Akron transports and treats it. The village's sewer system operates under Ohio EPA Findings and Orders, and the village has committed to posting any sanitary sewer overflow incidents publicly (none currently listed).…", "st": "No dedicated stormwater utility or fee was identified. The village maintains its own storm system, has adopted an Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance and an Illicit Discharge Ordinance with an enforcement plan, takes stormwater reports at…" }, "fun": [ "The village's own water quality report puts Lakemore's hardness at 14 grains per gallon — 324.9 mg/L — which is very hard water even by Ohio standards.", "Lakemore treats its own drinking water but treats none of its sewage: every gallon of wastewater passes through a master meter and goes to Akron.", "The four wells behind the tap are each more than 200 feet deep, drilled into sandstone, with the water table sitting only about 26 feet down.", "Lakemore keeps an emergency pipe to Akron's water system and used exactly zero gallons of it in 2025 — as it does in a typical year.", "The village's published quarterly sanitary sewer base charge alone is $200.00 in-village and $320.00 out-of-village, before any usage; out-of-village customers pay a 40% surcharge baked into their rate." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf", "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/ord_1912_2025_amend_sanitary_sewer_rates_2.pdf", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/public-services", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/" ], "treatment": [ "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/public-services" ], "rates": [ "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/ord_1912_2025_amend_sanitary_sewer_rates_2.pdf", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/public-services", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/legislation.html" ], "impurities": [ "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/public-services", "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf", "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/lakemore_ss_imprs_ler_final.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/our-land-and-water", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/public-services", "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/our-land-and-water" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/sanitary-sewer-overflow-notification", "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/ord_1912_2025_amend_sanitary_sewer_rates_2.pdf", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/our-land-and-water", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/public-services" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/2025_ccr_reported_in_2026.pdf", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/sanitary-sewer-overflow-notification", "https://lakemoreohio.org/uploads/3/5/5/3/35536472/ord_1912_2025_amend_sanitary_sewer_rates_2.pdf", "https://www.lakemoreohio.org/our-land-and-water" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44250", "share": 0.9292, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44312", "share": 0.0706, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH7701812.jpg", "caption": "United Methodist Church, Lakemore, Ohio", "credit": "Roseohioresident", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7701812/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH7701812.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), \"Lakemore Village · OH7701812\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7701812/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }