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(5 wells)", "la": 40.5231, "lo": -81.4735, "pt": "wellfield", "wells": [ "Dover, City Of Well 0000", "Well 7", "Well 10", "Well 11", "Well 12" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1993", "Nitrates first detected in City of Dover water wells — cited in the utility's Wellhead Protection Plan and Source Water Assessment as evidence of the aquifer's high susceptibility." ], [ "2020", "Lead and copper tap round: lead 90th percentile 7.07 ppb, copper 0.175 ppm, 0 of 32 sites above the action level." ], [ "2023", "Lead and copper tap round: lead 90th percentile fell to 2.00 ppb and copper to 0.127 ppm, 0 of 34 sites above the action level." ], [ "2024", "Service line inventory completed under the Lead and Copper Rule using historical records, inspections, public survey, service installation data and statistical analysis — it found no lead service…" ], [ "2025", "Most recent Consumer Confidence Report (reporting year 2025) shows no monitoring or MCL violations and a current, unconditioned license to operate." ], [ "2025", "City began a $3.3 million north-end infrastructure package — retention pond, 3,500 feet of storm sewer, Crown Road widening and a rail-line culvert — ahead of a Schaeffler Group USA manufacturing…" ] ], "treat": "Groundwater from five wells in the Dover Well Field at 390 West 17th Street, drawing on the sand-and-gravel Sugar Creek Basin Aquifer, is pumped to the city treatment plant. Iron and manganese are removed by filtration and chlorine is added as a precaution against bacteria; chlorine levels are…", "press": "Not published in the CCR or on the utility pages reviewed.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "No current water or sewer rate schedule is published on doverohio.com; the utility office page links only a 'Utility Rates 2020' document and the compare-rates page carries…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Barium", "0.07", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Erosion of natural deposits and discharge from drilling wastes; well below the MCL." ], [ "Chlorine", "1.02 (range…", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2025", "Residual disinfectant; compliant." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.09", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Low — essentially natural background, at about 2% of the MCL." ], [ "HAA5 (haloacetic acids)", "ND (not…", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Non-detect." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.61", "ppm", "10", "2025", "About 6% of the MCL — low, despite nitrate having been detectable in the wellfield since 1993 and despite the aquifer's…" ], [ "TTHM (total trihalomethanes)", "11 (range…", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Disinfection byproduct; about 14% of the MCL, low because groundwater carries little organic precursor material." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.127", "ppm", "1.3 (Action…", "2023", "Range 0.00494-0.533; 0 of 34 sites above the action level. Down from 0.175 ppm in 2020." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "2.00", "ppb", "15 (Action…", "2023", "Range ND-2.91; 0 of 34 sites above the action level. Down sharply from 7.07 ppb in 2020. The system's service line…" ], [ "Sulfate", "182", "ppm", "250 (SMCL)", "2025", "Secondary (aesthetic) standard; naturally occurring, at about 73% of the SMCL." ], [ "Hardness", "372", "ppm", "unregulated", "2024", "Very hard water, typical of a sand-and-gravel aquifer. Was 399 ppm in 2022. The city does not soften." ] ], "proj": [ [ "North end infrastructure improvements", 3300000, "2025-2026", "under construction", "Retention pond between Interstate 77 and the R.J. Corman railroad, about 3,500 feet of storm water lines (roughly $1.7 million), Crown Road widening with a…" ] ], "plan": [], "stress": "Ohio EPA continues to assess Dover's source as HIGH susceptibility to contamination, for four stated reasons: a thin, highly permeable sandy loam soil layer that offers little protection from spillage above; shallow depth to water in the sand-and-gravel aquifer, generally 5 to 15 feet below ground surface; generally flat topography that…", "sew": { "s": "Operated by the same City of Dover Water/Wastewater Department; the Dover Wastewater Treatment Plant can be reached at (330) 343-3443. Plant capacity, receiving stream and any consent-decree status are not published on the city pages reachable in this review.", "st": "The city is installing about 3,500 feet of new storm water lines and a retention pond between I-77 and the R.J. Corman railroad, plus a culvert under the rail line, as part of the $3.3 million north-end package, to eliminate Crown Road flooding. A separate…" }, "fun": [ "Dover draws its entire supply from just five wells in one wellfield at 390 West 17th Street, and still delivers about two million gallons a day.", "The utility's watershed, the Tuscarawas Watershed, covers roughly 2,614 square miles, most of it under forest cover or in agriculture.", "Because the source is protected groundwater, Dover's treatment train is unusually simple — iron and manganese filtration plus chlorination, with none of the coagulation and sedimentation a surface-water system needs.", "Dover's water quality reports have carried a W.H. Auden line tucked in beside the watershed description: \"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.\"", "Dover's Lead and Copper Rule inventory came back clean across the board: no lead service lines, no galvanized lines needing replacement, and no lines of unknown material — a rare result for a city of its age." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2025%20City%20of%20Dover%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2024%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2022%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.yourohionews.com/tuscarawas-county/dover-investing-33-million-in-north-end-infrastructure-improvements/1014060" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2025%20City%20of%20Dover%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2024%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2025%20City%20of%20Dover%20Water%20Quality%20Report" ], "rates": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/utility-office", "https://www.doverohio.com/compare-rates" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2025%20City%20of%20Dover%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2024%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2022%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report" ], "projects": [ "https://www.yourohionews.com/tuscarawas-county/dover-investing-33-million-in-north-end-infrastructure-improvements/1014060" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2025%20City%20of%20Dover%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2022%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2022%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.doverohio.com/departments/Water-Wastewater", "https://www.yourohionews.com/tuscarawas-county/dover-investing-33-million-in-north-end-infrastructure-improvements/1014060" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2025%20City%20of%20Dover%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2024%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf", "https://www.doverohio.com/media/Water%20Quality%20Report/2022%20City%20of%20Dover,%20Water%20Quality%20Report", "https://www.registerherald.com/2025/07/30/englewood-moves-funds-due-to-grant/" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44622", "share": 0.7069, "dominant": true }, { "zip": "44663", "share": 0.0004, "dominant": false } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH7900412.jpg", "caption": "Sugar Creek in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, immediately downstream of Beach City Dam", "credit": "Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant)", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.5" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7900412/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH7900412.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), \"Dover City · OH7900412\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7900412/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }