{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH7900812", "name": "New Philadelphia City", "county": "Tuscarawas", "population": 17410, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Tuscarawas River valley sand-and-gravel aquifer (wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 4, "aquifer": "Tuscarawas River valley aquifer", "notes": "4 active wells; New Philadelphia sits directly on the Tuscarawas River, whose glacial valley-fill sand/gravel aquifer is the region's primary groundwater source (same basin as neighboring Dover's wellfield).", "urls": [ "https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5010/pdf/SIR2010-5010.pdf" ], "chain": [ "OH7900812" ], "plants": [ { "n": "New Philadelphia City Water Treatment Plant", "a": "New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, OH (exact well field address not verified)", "la": 40.4895, "lo": -81.4459, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Tuscarawas River valley sand-and-gravel aquifer", "src": "Wells in the sand-and-gravel aquifer within the Tuscarawas River valley near New Philadelphia", "cls": "groundwater", "in": [ { "n": "New Philadelphia municipal well field (Tuscarawas River…", "wb": "Sand-and-gravel buried/glacial valley aquifer along the Tuscarawas River", "role": "primary", "src": "All 4 active wells draw from unconsolidated sand-and-gravel deposits in the Tuscarawas River valley near the treatment plant; specific well-field name, spacing, and depths were not confirmed in public sources reached this session. (4 wells)", "la": 40.4895, "lo": -81.4459, "pt": "plant", "wells": [ "Well 1", "Well 2", "Well 3", "Well 4" ] } ] } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1981", "Volatile organic compounds first detected in the city's distribution system; the existing groundwater supply has required VOC treatment ever since." ], [ "1987", "Aeration proposed as the means of stripping VOCs out of the well water, and it remains part of the treatment train today." ], [ "2023", "City participates in the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule round (April and October sampling), turning up only trace PFAS." ], [ "2024", "City receives a notice of violation over its published water quality report, for omitting the wellfield susceptibility report and license-to-operate status and for two table-formatting problems. This…" ], [ "2025", "City issued a green unconditional license to operate; no regulatory testing exceeded any MCL during the year." ] ], "treat": "Four groundwater wells screened in unconsolidated sand and gravel in the Tuscarawas River Valley aquifer, pumping approximately 2.3 million gallons per day. The treatment plant at 310 Mill Ave SE uses ion exchange for softening, greensand filtration for iron and manganese removal, aeration to strip…", "press": "No psi figure or pressure-zone information is published. The system's pressure and fire-flow storage come from three steel standpipe reservoirs totaling 4 million gallons.", "rate": { "g": 6.11, "n": "From the city's 2026 Inside Water/Sewer/Garbage rate sheet (water/sewer increase effective February 2026; garbage increase November 2024). Water minimum is $22.60/month, which…", "m": 30.52 }, "imp": [ [ "Trichloroethylene (TCE)", "1.11 (range…", "ppb", "MCL 5", "2025", "Sampled 7/15/2025. The legacy VOC contamination that the plant's aeration step exists to treat; still well under the…" ], [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "20.4 (range…", "ppb", "MCL 80", "2025", "Disinfection by-product; no violation." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "2.67 (range…", "ppb", "MCL 60", "2025", "Disinfection by-product; no violation." ], [ "Total chlorine", "0.51 (range…", "ppm", "MRDL 4", "2025", "Monthly average across 20 microbiology sites." ], [ "Arsenic", "1.75", "ppb", "MCL 10", "2025", "Sampled 6/3/2025 at entry point EP-001; no violation." ], [ "Barium", "0.014", "ppm", "MCL 2", "2025", "Sampled 6/3/2025; no violation." ], [ "Nitrate", "0.451", "ppm", "MCL 10", "2025", "Sampled 6/3/2025; no violation." ], [ "Bromoform", "1.39 (range…", "ppb", "unregulated", "2025", "Disinfection by-product, quarterly VOC sampling at EP-001." ], [ "Dibromochloromethane", "1.37 (range…", "ppb", "unregulated", "2025", "Disinfection by-product." ], [ "Bromodichloromethane", "0.77 (range…", "ppb", "unregulated", "2025", "Disinfection by-product." ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [], "stress": "Ohio EPA continues to assign New Philadelphia's drinking water source a HIGH susceptibility to contamination, for four stated reasons: a thin, highly permeable sandy loam soil layer that offers little protection from spills at the surface; a water table generally only 10 to 15 feet below ground in the sand and gravel aquifer; largely…", "sew": { "s": "The city operates its own wastewater treatment plant at 1422 Delaware Drive SE, using biological treatment, disinfection and sludge processing, and reports removing 90-95% of organic material and suspended solids to meet Ohio EPA standards. Collection is by gravity sewer plus 14 lift stations serving low-lying areas. The city does not…", "st": "New Philadelphia states it runs a fully separate sanitary and storm sewer system, so stormwater does not enter the wastewater plant; the city credits this with preventing overflows. No separate stormwater utility fee appears on the 2026 rate sheet, which…" }, "fun": [ "New Philadelphia's wells have carried industrial solvents since 1981, and the plant aerates the raw water specifically to blow those volatile organic compounds off before it reaches customers - trichloroethylene was…", "The water table in the city's wellfield sits only 10 to 15 feet below the ground surface under thin, permeable sandy loam, which is why Ohio EPA rates the source highly susceptible to contamination.", "The city softens its water by ion exchange before you get it, and still reports 111 ppm hardness (6.49 grains per gallon) at an average pH of 7.8.", "All 4 million gallons of the city's water storage sits in three steel standpipes - 0.5, 1.5 and 2 million gallons - rather than in elevated towers.", "The city's 2024 notice of violation was for what its water quality report left out, not for anything in the water: it had omitted the wellfield susceptibility report and its license-to-operate status. The 2025 report…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/277/Water-Quality-Report-PDF", "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/189/Water-Treatment-Plant-Maintenance", "http://www.newphilaoh.com/Water-Treatment-Plant" ], "treatment": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/277/Water-Quality-Report-PDF", "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/189/Water-Treatment-Plant-Maintenance" ], "pressure": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/189/Water-Treatment-Plant-Maintenance" ], "rates": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1676/2026-Rates-WST-PDFpdf", "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/298/Why-Is-My-Water-Bill-So-High-PDF", "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/187/Water-Department" ], "impurities": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/277/Water-Quality-Report-PDF" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/277/Water-Quality-Report-PDF", "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/189/Water-Treatment-Plant-Maintenance" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/190/Wastewater-Management", "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1676/2026-Rates-WST-PDFpdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/277/Water-Quality-Report-PDF", "https://www.newphiladelphiaoh.gov/189/Water-Treatment-Plant-Maintenance" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44663", "share": 0.6585, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH7900812.jpg", "caption": "High Street in downtown New Philadelphia, Ohio", "credit": "Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant)", "license": "CC BY-SA 2.5" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7900812/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH7900812.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), \"New Philadelphia City · OH7900812\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH7900812/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }