{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH8400012", "name": "Belpre City", "county": "Washington", "population": 6441, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (5 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 5, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH8400012" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1788", "Belpre settled; the name comes from 'Belle Prairie' (French for 'beautiful meadow'), a name French trappers gave the valley before American settlement." ], [ "1964", "Belpre's wastewater treatment plant built, designed for 1.5 MGD with a 5 MGD maximum flow." ], [ "2002", "Ohio EPA completed a Source Water Assessment for the City of Belpre in August 2002." ], [ "2006", "On March 1, 2006 a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) remediation system for removal of C8 (ammonium perfluorooctanoate/PFOA) went on-line, provided by DuPont at no cost to the city under a class-action…" ], [ "2024", "Water rates set by Ordinance 8 (2024-25): residential inside city $13.14 base plus $2.32 per 1,000 gallons, effective 10/01/2024." ], [ "2025", "Ordinance 33 (2024-25), passed November 24, 2025, adopted a new Exhibit B to Code Section 939.04 imposing a 20% water rate increase effective October 1, 2025." ] ], "treat": "Groundwater drawn from wells fed by the Ohio River Valley aquifer; the system produces an average of 1 million gallons per day. Water is chlorinated (chlorine residual 1.9 ppm in 2024) and, since March 1, 2006, runs through a DuPont-provided Granular Activated Carbon system for C8/PFOA removal…", "press": "Not published. Neither the 2024 CCR nor the Public Works Department page gives system pressure or pressure-zone figures.", "rate": { "g": 2.78, "n": "Effective 10/01/2025 (Ordinance 33, 2024-25, Exhibit B — a 20% increase over the prior schedule): residential customers inside Belpre city limits pay a $15.77 monthly base rate…", "m": 30.11 }, "imp": [ [ "Nitrate", "4.00", "ppm", "10", "2024", "Level found 4.00 ppm; the CCR prints the range as 4.33-4.33. The city cites the regular presence of nitrate as evidence…" ], [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "1", "ppb", "80", "2024", "Disinfection byproduct; range 0.5-2.2 ppb." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "1", "ppb", "60", "2023", "Disinfection byproduct; range 0-2.5 ppb." ], [ "Barium", "0.0876", "ppm", "2", "2022", "Erosion of natural deposits; discharge of drilling wastes and from metal refineries." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "3.4", "ppb", "15 (AL)", "2024", "0 of 25 samples exceeded the action level. The CCR states the distribution system has no lead…" ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.16", "ppm", "1.3 (AL)", "2024", "Well below the action level; the CCR's sample-count line reads '0 of the 0 samples' exceeded." ], [ "PFAS (6 compounds)", "ND", "n/a", "n/a", "2020", "Sampled under the State of Ohio's PFAS Sampling Initiative; none of the six compounds detected in finished water." ], [ "Chlorine", "1.9", "ppm", "4 (MRDL)", "2024", "Residual disinfectant; range 1.80-1.90 ppm." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.12", "ppm", "4", "2022", "Well below the optimal fluoridation range, indicating naturally occurring fluoride rather than active fluoridation." ], [ "Atrazine", "0.17", "ppb", "3", "2021", "Runoff from herbicide used on row crops; simazine also detected at 0.16 ppb the same year." ] ], "proj": [ [ "DuPont-funded Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) C8 removal system", null, "2006", "completed", "On-line March 1, 2006. Provided by DuPont at no cost to the city for construction or maintenance under the C8 class-action settlement; Belpre Public Works…" ], [ "Lead service line inventory", null, "2024", "completed", "Completed using potholing of service lines, visual inspections, a lead line survey, mailings to homeowners for self-inspection, and door-to-door visual…" ], [ "Water storage facility and water capital improvement program", null, "", "under construction", "Funded by the $4.00 and $2.00 monthly water improvement charges carried on every water bill; the city's bill explainer labels these lines 'STORAGE FAC & WATER…" ] ], "plan": [], "stress": "Ohio EPA classifies Belpre as a high-susceptibility system based on high aquifer sensitivity. The 2024 CCR states the aquifer has a high sensitivity to contamination 'as indicated by the regular presence of nitrate and the past presence of 1,1,1 trichloroethane in the treated water,' which indicates a man-made source of pollution reached…", "sew": { "s": "City of Belpre Public Works operates its own wastewater treatment plant, built in 1964 and designed for 1.5 million gallons per day with a maximum flow of 5 MGD. Average daily flow is 760,000 gallons. It uses an activated sludge process with screens, grit removal, clarification tanks, aeration and chlorination, staffed by 5 licensed…", "st": "No separate storm sewer utility or rate was found. The city's CCR carries storm water education from the Washington Soil and Water Conservation District, whose storm water coordinator serves the area, and notes that some runoff infiltrates to the aquifer…" }, "fun": [ "Belpre's GAC filtration system for removing C8 (PFOA) was built and is maintained by DuPont at no cost to the city, under a class-action settlement; the contamination was found after discovery of C8 in the Lubeck, WV…", "The city's name comes from the French phrase 'Belle Prairie,' meaning 'beautiful meadow' — a name French trappers gave the valley before American settlers arrived in 1788.", "The B&O Railroad's Parkersburg Bridge across the Ohio River at Belpre, completed in 1870, was reportedly the longest bridge in the world at 7,140 feet." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belpre,_Ohio", "https://cityofbelpre.com/public-works-department/", "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ordinance-33_-2024-2025-Amendment-to-Exhibit-A-939_04-Water-Users.pdf" ], "treatment": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://cityofbelpre.com/public-works-department/" ], "pressure": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://cityofbelpre.com/public-works-department/" ], "rates": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ordinance-33_-2024-2025-Amendment-to-Exhibit-A-939_04-Water-Users.pdf", "https://cityofbelpre.com/documents/", "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Understand-Your-Belpre-Utility-Bill-3.23.26.pdf" ], "impurities": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ordinance-33_-2024-2025-Amendment-to-Exhibit-A-939_04-Water-Users.pdf", "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Understand-Your-Belpre-Utility-Bill-3.23.26.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/public-works-department/", "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Understand-Your-Belpre-Utility-Bill-3.23.26.pdf", "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://cityofbelpre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Belpre-2024-Reporting-Year-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belpre,_Ohio" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "45714", "share": 0.6926, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH8400012.jpg", "caption": "Washington Boulevard in Belpre, Ohio", "credit": "Tim Kiser", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8400012/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH8400012.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), \"Belpre City · OH8400012\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8400012/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }