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  "pwsid": "OH8200512",
  "name": "Zaleski Village",
  "county": "Vinton",
  "population": 360,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
  "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)",
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  "intakes": [],
  "wells": 3,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "",
  "urls": [],
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  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "2018",
        "EPA SDWIS records an administrative (non-health-based, 'Other') violation opened November 9, 2018 under Rule 420 (Tier 3 public notice); it remains listed as ongoing."
      ],
      [
        "2020",
        "A second such administrative violation was opened February 6, 2020, per EPA SDWIS, also still listed as ongoing."
      ],
      [
        "2023",
        "A separate 'Other' violation opened July 1, 2023 was resolved by August 22, 2023."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "A health-based treatment-technique violation (SDWIS violation code 2E, contaminant code 5200, under the federal Lead and Copper Rule, rule code 351) plus a reporting violation (4G) were opened…"
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "A further administrative ('Other') violation was opened July 1, 2025 and remains ongoing. Separately, an Ohio EPA source water protection designation took effect for the Zaleski well field on…"
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Groundwater from three wells (Wells 6, 8, and 9) is disinfected with post-treatment hypochlorination (chlorination only) before entering the village distribution system; EPA SDWIS's TREATMENT table confirms no filtration or other process is on file for this system.",
    "press": "Not published — no pressure-zone or engineering data found for this system.",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "Current residential rate not published in any source found; the village is administered from a P.O. Box address (Zaleski, OH 45698) with a single village-hall contact (Gmail…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [],
    "proj": [],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "No specific stress indicators found; this is a small 3-well groundwater supply for about 360 people through 175 connections in rural Vinton County with one treatment plant and one storage tank — limited redundancy is an inherent vulnerability for a system this size.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Not identified in sources reviewed; not confirmed whether Zaleski has a public sanitary sewer or relies on septic systems.",
      "st": "Not published."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Zaleski's water system serves only about 360 people through 175 connections, run out of a village hall reachable by a Gmail address and a single phone line.",
      "The village draws entirely from three groundwater wells (Wells 6, 8, and 9) with no filtration — just chlorination — before it reaches taps.",
      "Ohio EPA placed a source water protection designation on the Zaleski well field effective December 3, 2025."
    ],
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        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM/PWSID/OH8200512/JSON",
        "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/TREATMENT/PWSID/OH8200512/JSON"
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      "dominant": false
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    "url": "/photos/OH8200512.jpg",
    "caption": "Post office in Zaleski, Ohio",
    "credit": "Nyttend",
    "license": "Public domain"
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  "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH8200512.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), \"Zaleski Village · OH8200512\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8200512/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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