{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH7900512", "name": "Gnadenhutten", "county": "Tuscarawas", "population": 1240, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (2 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 2, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH7900512" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1772", "Moravian missionaries and Lenape converts found Gnadenhutten, one of Ohio's oldest continuously documented Euro-American settlements." ], [ "1782", "Pennsylvania militia (roughly 160 men, led by David Williamson) massacre about 96 unarmed, unresisting Lenape men, women, and children in the village on March 8, during the American Revolution." ], [ "1825-1830", "The Ohio and Erie Canal is built past the village; a 1913 flood later destroys the canal, which is never rebuilt." ], [ "2004", "Ohio EPA orders the village to resolve wastewater treatment plant permit violations (repeated exceedances of ammonia, cadmium, chlorine, chromium, copper, fecal coliform, lead, mercury, nickel…" ], [ "2024", "Village water treatment plant undergoes a substantial upgrade (new, more efficient pumps, updated testing/monitoring procedures) per the 2025 CCR." ], [ "2025", "A lead sample at one residence (80 Arrowhead Drive, sample LC212) tests at 43.5 ug/L on 5/29/2025, exceeding the 15 ug/L action level; Ohio EPA was notified and the resident agreed to resample." ] ], "treat": "Groundwater pumped from two wells in Heck's Grove Park, disinfected with chlorine (no filtration step described); the plant was substantially upgraded in 2024 with new, more efficient pumps and updated testing/monitoring practices, per the 2025 CCR.", "press": "Not published — no psi or pressure-zone information found.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Not published. No dollar rate figures were found on the village utility-billing page or elsewhere online for this small system; residents are directed to call the village office…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Lead (individual tap sample)", "43.5", "ug/L", "AL 15", "2025", "Exceeded the lead action level at 80 Arrowhead Drive, sample LC212, dated 5/29/2025; Ohio EPA notified the village…" ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "306 (as…", "ppm", "AL 1.3", "2025", "The village's 2025 CCR table prints the digits '306' with no decimal point for a contaminant whose MCLG and AL are both…" ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "1.62", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Sampled 7/18/2025; no violation." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "6.24", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Sampled 7/18/2025." ], [ "Total Chlorine residual", "1.91", "ppm", "MRDL 4", "2025", "Sampled 10/16/2025." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.157", "ppm", "10", "2025", "Sampled 6/13/2025; well below limit." ] ], "proj": [ [ "Water treatment plant upgrade", null, "2024", "completed", "New, more efficient pumps and updated testing/monitoring practices, per the 2025 CCR; cost not published." ], [ "Wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation (micro-biological reactor converted to extended aeration)", 2021000, "", "completed", "Funded by USDA Rural Development ($1,521,000 loan + $250,000 grant) and a $250,000 Appalachian Regional Commission grant; replaced pretreatment components and…" ] ], "plan": [], "stress": "The 2025 CCR describes the aquifer as susceptible to contamination because a permeable sandy-loam layer between the surface and the underlying sand-and-gravel aquifer offers limited natural protection; no drought or capacity issues surfaced.", "sew": { "s": "Village operates its own sanitary sewer system and WWTP, discharging to the Tuscarawas River. Ohio EPA issued a 2004 enforcement order (with a $7,800 civil penalty) after the plant repeatedly exceeded discharge permit limits for ammonia, cadmium, chlorine, chromium, copper, fecal coliform, lead, mercury, nickel, silver, and zinc, and…", "st": "Not found in available sources — no stormwater utility, fee, or flooding history was located." }, "fun": [ "Gnadenhutten (German for 'huts of grace') is described in local sources as one of Ohio's oldest continuously documented European-founded settlements, established in 1772.", "The village's two municipal wells sit inside Heck's Grove Park.", "A 1913 flood destroyed the adjacent Ohio Canal, which had operated since roughly 1830 and was never rebuilt.", "In 2003, the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Society of Colonial Wars in Ohio, and the Ohio Historical Society erected a historical marker titled 'A Day of Shame' at the massacre site — this was a memorial marker, not…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnadenhutten,_Ohio", "https://regionalassociations.org/ohio-epa-orders-gnadenhutten-to-resolve-wastewater-treatment-plant-violations/" ], "treatment": [ "https://villageofgnadenhutten.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WTP-CCR-report-2025.docx" ], "impurities": [ "https://villageofgnadenhutten.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WTP-CCR-report-2025.docx" ], "projects": [ "https://villageofgnadenhutten.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WTP-CCR-report-2025.docx", "https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-wastewater-infrastructure-gnadenhutten" ], "water_stress": [ "https://villageofgnadenhutten.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WTP-CCR-report-2025.docx" ], "sewer": [ "https://regionalassociations.org/ohio-epa-orders-gnadenhutten-to-resolve-wastewater-treatment-plant-violations/", "https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-wastewater-infrastructure-gnadenhutten" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=224977", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnadenhutten,_Ohio" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44629", "share": 0.5743, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH7900512.jpg", "caption": "Ohio historical marker for Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County", "credit": "Michael", "license": "CC BY 2.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7900512/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH7900512.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), \"Gnadenhutten · OH7900512\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7900512/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }