{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH7802311", "name": "Newton Falls City", "county": "Trumbull", "population": 6109, "producer": true, "source_class": "river", "label": "East Branch Mahoning River", "bodies": [ "East Branch Mahoning River" ], "intakes": [ "Newton Falls Branch Mahonin" ], "wells": 0, "aquifer": "", "notes": "Newton Falls treats its own surface water intake on the East Branch of the Mahoning River, per SDWIS intake naming; kept as SDWIS hypothesis with no contrary evidence found.", "urls": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_River" ], "chain": [ "OH7802311" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1831", "The Newton Falls Covered Bridge is built over the Mahoning River — a 123-foot, 24-foot-wide Town lattice truss; a covered walkway was added in 1921-22." ], [ "unknown", "The city takes its name from two sets of waterfalls within the village, each on a different branch of the Mahoning River; the water plant's intake sits on the East Branch." ], [ "2023", "After the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineers' Braceville Township PWS had a master-meter sample exceed the MCL for HAA5 and/or TTHM, Newton Falls began quarterly disinfection byproduct sampling at…" ], [ "2025", "UCMR 5 sampling each quarter found PFAS above Ohio EPA revised action levels; the city stated it has added proposed actions and engineering for removal to its capital improvement plan." ] ], "treat": "Raw water is pumped from the East Branch of the Mahoning River directly to the plant, drawn through an intake on the western bank at the corner of Starr Street and Riverside Drive in Newton Township. Treatment consists of flocculation, two-stage sedimentation, fluoridation, filtration and…", "press": "Not published. Neither the water treatment page, the water distribution page, nor the 2025 CCR gives system pressure or pressure-zone figures.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Not published. The city's Utility Billing & Payments page covers billing procedures, payment methods and assistance programs but carries no rate schedule, and a site search…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "60.45", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range 33.7-63.7 ppb — about 76% of the MCL, the system's tightest compliance margin. Running annual average basis." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "37.3", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range 6.7-39.1 ppb, running annual average basis." ], [ "PFOA", "0.0046", "ppb", "0.004 (federal…", "2025", "UCMR 5 entry-point average, range <0.004 to 0.0067 ppb. Equivalent to 4.6 ng/L, above the 4 ng/L federal MCL; the city…" ], [ "PFOS", "0.0044", "ppb", "0.004 (federal…", "2025", "UCMR 5 entry-point average, range <0.004 to 0.0056 ppb — 4.4 ng/L, above the 4 ng/L federal MCL." ], [ "PFBS", "0.098", "ppb", "none (UCMR 5)", "2025", "UCMR 5 entry-point average, range 0.041-0.22 ppb — the largest PFAS detection by concentration. PFBA (0.0086), PFPeA…" ], [ "Nitrate", "2.08", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Range 0.10-2.08 ppm; runoff from fertilizer use and leaching from septic tanks or sewage." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.05", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Range 0.83-1.20 ppm; consistent with the plant's published fluoridation step." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "0", "ppb", "15 (AL)", "2025", "Zero of twenty-three samples exceeded the action level. A service line inventory is posted for download on the city…" ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.093", "ppm", "1.3 (AL)", "2025", "Zero of twenty-three samples exceeded the action level." ], [ "Barium", "0.044", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Discharge of drilling wastes and from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits." ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [ [ "PFAS removal — engineering and proposed actions in the capital improvement plan", null, "2027", "planned", "After UCMR 5 sampling in 2025 found PFAS above Ohio EPA revised action levels, the city states it has included proposed actions and engineering for future…" ] ], "stress": "The 2025 CCR reports that all surface waters are considered susceptible to contamination for source water assessment purposes, and that the Newton Falls protection area is specifically 'highly susceptible' to: agricultural runoff from row crop agriculture; oil and gas wells; failing home and commercial septic systems; spills and releases…", "sew": { "s": "Not documented. The city publishes no wastewater treatment plant description, capacity, collection system detail, or sewer rate that could be retrieved from a primary source.", "st": "Not documented in available sources." }, "fun": [ "The Newton Falls Covered Bridge, built in 1831, is the second oldest existing covered bridge in Ohio, the oldest covered bridge in the state still in use on its original site, the only one in Ohio with a covered…", "Newton Falls has one of the most distinctive ZIP codes in the country: 44444.", "The city is named for two sets of waterfalls within the village, each on a different branch of the Mahoning River — and the water plant draws from the East Branch.", "Newton Falls is a wholesaler as well as a retailer: it sells water through a master meter to the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineers' Braceville Township system, and holds emergency-only interconnections with Lordstown…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Falls,_Ohio", "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025_REVISED-Consumer_Confidence_Report_FINISHED.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/water-utility-services/", "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025_REVISED-Consumer_Confidence_Report_FINISHED.pdf", "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/water-distribution/" ], "pressure": [ "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/water-distribution/", "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/water-utility-services/", "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025_REVISED-Consumer_Confidence_Report_FINISHED.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/utility-billing/" ], "impurities": [ "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025_REVISED-Consumer_Confidence_Report_FINISHED.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025_REVISED-Consumer_Confidence_Report_FINISHED.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025_REVISED-Consumer_Confidence_Report_FINISHED.pdf", "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Newton-Falls-SWPP-Final.pdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Falls,_Ohio", "https://ci.newtonfalls.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025_REVISED-Consumer_Confidence_Report_FINISHED.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44444", "share": 0.5529, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH7802311.jpg", "caption": "Historic covered bridge over the Mahoning River in Newton Falls, Ohio", "credit": "Carl Waite", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7802311/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH7802311.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), \"Newton Falls City · OH7802311\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7802311/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }