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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH8300512",
  "name": "Western Water Company",
  "county": "Warren",
  "population": 39508,
  "producer": false,
  "source_class": "ohio",
  "label": "Little Miami River valley wells (51%) plus Cincinnati Ohio River water (49%)",
  "bodies": [
    "Little Miami River",
    "Ohio River"
  ],
  "intakes": [],
  "wells": null,
  "aquifer": "Little Miami River valley (buried valley) aquifer",
  "notes": "Western Water Company is the sole buys_from entry; Greater Cincinnati Water Works (Cincinnati Public Water System) draws primarily from the Ohio River (with the Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer as a secondary/backup source); the 8 active wells listed are likely a minor supplemental supply.",
  "urls": [
    "https://western-h2o.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CCR2025.pdf",
    "https://western-h2o.com/learn-about-us/",
    "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/WATER_SYSTEM_FACILITY/PWSID/OH8300512/JSON"
  ],
  "chain": [
    "OH8300512",
    "OH3102612"
  ],
  "plants": [],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1976",
        "Western Water Company founded as a non-profit, customer-owned rural system serving Brown, Clermont, Clinton and Warren counties, with USDA financing from the start."
      ],
      [
        "2021",
        "Sampled under Ohio's PFAS Sampling Initiative; PFAS were detected in the drinking water but below the action level set by Ohio EPA."
      ],
      [
        "2023",
        "USDA Rural Development obligated a $7.5 million Water and Waste Disposal loan to expand the Morrow treatment plant for PFAS removal."
      ],
      [
        "2024",
        "USDA and company officials celebrated the loan in Morrow on April 25; the expansion was scheduled to begin in 2025 and finish in 2026."
      ],
      [
        "2025",
        "System held an unconditional license to operate and reported no MCL violations in its 2025 water quality report."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Western Water treats its own well water at its Morrow plant, drawing the Little Miami River valley aquifer from one well field of eight wells (51%), and blends it with finished water bought from Greater Cincinnati Water Works (49%). Chlorinated and fluoridated.",
    "press": "Not published. The company's FAQ cites 60 psi only as a reference pressure in a worked example of leak losses, not as a stated system average.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 7,
      "n": "$7.00 per 1,000 gallons above the monthly minimum; minimum bill $35 (5/8-in meter, includes 2,000 gal) to $3,500 (4-in); $60 membership fee. Rate page, 2026.",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "47.175",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Range 13.7-58.9 ppb; no violation."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)",
        "11.875",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Range 0-15.6 ppb; well under the MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Lead",
        "1.30",
        "ppb",
        "15 (action…",
        "2025",
        "90th percentile; 0 of 30 samples above the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Copper",
        "0.346",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (action…",
        "2025",
        "90th percentile; 1 of 30 samples exceeded the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate",
        "0.93",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2020",
        "Most recent sample; reduced monitoring allowed by the state."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.02",
        "ppm",
        "4.0",
        "2025",
        "Added for dental health; range 0.85-1.26 ppm."
      ],
      [
        "PFAS",
        "detected below…",
        "ppt",
        "Ohio EPA action…",
        "2021",
        "Plant expansion under way specifically to remove PFAS."
      ],
      [
        "Hardness",
        "7-10",
        "grains…",
        "n/a",
        "",
        "Company FAQ; aesthetic only, not a regulated contaminant."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Morrow water treatment plant expansion (USDA Rural Development loan)",
        7500000,
        "2025-2026",
        "under construction",
        "USDA loan obligated 2023 to add PFAS removal ahead of the 2024 federal PFAS rule; work set to begin 2025 and finish in 2026."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "PFAS is the main pressure: the $7.5M plant expansion exists to meet the 2024 federal PFAS limits. Capacity is the other constraint - management says it is always hunting new well fields with enough volume. Half the supply is purchased finished water from Cincinnati, giving some source diversity.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Water only - Western Water Company is not a sewer utility and its materials describe no wastewater service. Sewage in its rural four-county service area is handled by others (villages, county districts or on-site septic systems); this was not verified village by village.",
      "st": "Not published. No stormwater utility or fee appears in the company's materials; stormwater in its rural service area falls to the counties, townships and villages."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Not-for-profit and customer-owned: customers elect a five-member board of trustees, and 23 employees run a system spanning more than 400 square miles and roughly 1,000 miles of pipe.",
      "Its four-county territory covers about 24 townships and includes an ODOT I-71 rest area, an ODNR facility, and the Ohio Historical Society's Fort Ancient site.",
      "It keeps metered emergency interconnections with seven neighbors: Blanchester, Clermont County, Lake Lorelei, Loveland, Brown County Rural Water, Cincinnati and Wilmington.",
      "USDA has financed the company since its 1976 founding; the 2023 loan of $7.5 million is paying for PFAS treatment serving nearly 50,000 rural residents."
    ]
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  "photo": {
    "url": "/photos/OH8300512.jpg",
    "caption": "Water tower in Fayetteville, Ohio, one of the towns served by Western Water Company",
    "credit": "Aesopposea",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0"
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
  "cite": "Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), \"Western Water Company · OH8300512\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8300512/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].",
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