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Rittman — after Arkona (dropped for sounding too much like Akron), Ellio, Milton…" ], [ "1897", "Salt deposits are discovered, leading to Wayne Salt, which became the Ohio Salt Company and, in 1948, Morton Salt — a long-running major employer." ], [ "1903", "E.J. Young founds the Ohio Boxboard Company to package salt and matches, becoming another significant local employer." ], [ "2025", "Ohio EPA notifies the city on June 10, 2025 of a significant deficiency — failure to perform periodic on-site investigation of commercial connections — and directs correction by January 1, 2026. The…" ], [ "2025", "A routine total coliform sample taken July 10, 2025 returns positive at one address, triggering repeat sampling at that address and upstream and downstream of it. No violation resulted, and the city…" ] ], "treat": "Rittman draws from three sand-and-gravel groundwater wells in a city well field west of town in Milton Township near Sterling (the water department is at 6700 Sterling Rd., Sterling), plus an emergency backup well (#5) on Industrial Street behind the softball fields west of River Styx, which was…", "press": "not published; no pressure or pressure-zone data appears in the CCR or anywhere on the city site.", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Not published. The city's Utilities (Water & Sewer) page gives no rate schedule, minimum charge or billing unit, and the CCR carries none; rates live in the codified ordinances on…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "61.5", "ppb", "80 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 48.9-74.1; disinfection byproduct, no violation." ], [ "Haloacetic acids (HAA5)", "6.9", "ppb", "60 (MCL)", "2025", "Range <6.0-7.8; disinfection byproduct, no violation." ], [ "Chlorine", "1.9", "ppm", "4.0 (MRDL)", "2025", "Range 1.5-2.4. Disinfectant residual." ], [ "Fluoride", "0.96", "ppm", "4.0 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 0.70-1.22; water additive plus natural deposits, well within the MCL." ], [ "Barium", "0.071", "ppm", "2 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 0.047-0.080. The 2024 CCR had misreported this as 0.045 ppm; the 2025 report corrects it." ], [ "Arsenic", "1.0", "ppb", "10 (MCL)", "2025", "Range 0-<9.6; naturally occurring. The 2024 CCR reported it as <3.0 ppb with an MCLG of 10 ppb; the 2025 report…" ], [ "Gross alpha", "4.46", "pCi/L", "15 (MCL)", "2022", "Range <3.0-4.46; naturally occurring radioactivity. This 2022 detection was omitted from the 2024 CCR table and…" ], [ "Radium-228", "1.16", "pCi/L", "5 (MCL)", "2022", "Range 0-1.16; naturally occurring radioactivity. Also omitted from the 2024 CCR table and restored in 2025." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "non-detect", "ppb", "15 (AL)", "2024", "Range 0-<2.0. Triannual lead testing was done in 2024; the next round is scheduled for 2027." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.398", "ppm", "1.3 (AL)", "2024", "Range 0.012-0.760, below the action level. The 2024 CCR had reported the 90th percentile as 0.760 ppm; the 2025 report…" ] ], "proj": [], "plan": [ [ "Backflow prevention corrective action plan", null, "2025-2026", "under construction", "Ohio EPA identified the significant deficiency in periodic on-site investigation of commercial connections on June 10, 2025 and directed correction by January…" ] ], "stress": "The three active sand-and-gravel wells carry a moderate susceptibility to contamination, reflecting the moderate sensitivity of the aquifer; susceptibility is judged from local geology, potential pollution sources and groundwater data. Ohio EPA rates the emergency backup well (#5) HIGH susceptibility because of significant potential…", "sew": { "s": "The city's utilities department handles wastewater collection and treatment alongside water, from a sewer department at 100 Morningstar Dr. The city publishes no plant description, design capacity, receiving stream, NPDES status or consent-decree information anywhere on its site, and previously reported WPCLF/OWDA-funded plant upgrades —…", "st": "not published" }, "fun": [ "Rittman's drinking water isn't from Rittman: all three production wells and the water department itself sit west of town in Milton Township near Sterling, at 6700 Sterling Rd.", "The emergency backup well sits behind the softball fields on Industrial Street west of River Styx — Ohio EPA rates it high-susceptibility because the aquifer is shallow with only a thin clay cap, and the city didn't…", "The town is named for a railroad treasurer, not a settler or founder: after Arkona, Ellio, Milton Station and New Prospect all failed to stick, the B&O simply named its 1888 station for Frederick B. Rittman.", "The 1897 salt strike produced Wayne Salt, which became the Ohio Salt Company and then, in 1948, Morton Salt.", "The 2025 consumer confidence report spends a full paragraph correcting the 2024 one — barium, arsenic, copper's 90th percentile, a wrong year on TTHM, two wrong MCLGs, and 2021-2022 detections that had been left out of…" ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.rittman.com/o/cor/page/about-rittman-history", "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5250/Cor/9afbe21b-9c0d-46d2-a5ab-cbe7fcddbefb/CITY-OF-RITTMAN-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rittman,_Ohio" ], "treatment": [ "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5250/Cor/9afbe21b-9c0d-46d2-a5ab-cbe7fcddbefb/CITY-OF-RITTMAN-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://www.rittman.com/page/utilities-water-sewer/" ], "rates": [ "https://www.rittman.com/page/utilities-water-sewer/", "https://library.municode.com/oh/rittman/codes/code_of_ordinances" ], "impurities": [ "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5250/Cor/9afbe21b-9c0d-46d2-a5ab-cbe7fcddbefb/CITY-OF-RITTMAN-CCR-2025.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5250/Cor/9afbe21b-9c0d-46d2-a5ab-cbe7fcddbefb/CITY-OF-RITTMAN-CCR-2025.pdf" ], "water_stress": [ "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5250/Cor/9afbe21b-9c0d-46d2-a5ab-cbe7fcddbefb/CITY-OF-RITTMAN-CCR-2025.pdf" ], "sewer": [ "https://www.rittman.com/page/utilities-water-sewer/" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5250/Cor/9afbe21b-9c0d-46d2-a5ab-cbe7fcddbefb/CITY-OF-RITTMAN-CCR-2025.pdf", "https://www.rittman.com/o/cor/page/about-rittman-history", "https://www.rittman.com/page/utilities-water-sewer/" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "44270", "share": 0.719, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH8503012.jpg", "caption": "Downtown Rittman, Ohio at the Ohio Ave & Main St intersection", "credit": "Dougsmithjr1982", "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8503012/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH8503012.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), \"Rittman City · OH8503012\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8503012/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }