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  "name": "Edgerton Village",
  "county": "Williams",
  "population": 1881,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "groundwater",
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    "hist": [
      [
        "1854",
        "Village site surveyed at the crossing of the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad and the St. Joseph River; laid out by civil engineer John H. Sargent for developer Charles Pratt and named…"
      ],
      [
        "1865",
        "Village incorporated by Williams County Commissioners after 41 residents petitioned (approved December 4, 1865)."
      ],
      [
        "1966",
        "Village's water treatment plant was built; as of a 2022 engineering review, most major process components (ion exchange units, valves, pumps) were still original to this 1966 plant."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Edgerton treats its own drinking water drawn from 3 groundwater wells at a municipal plant built in 1966; the village's Water/Sewer Department also runs its own water-testing laboratory. The village site does not publish the specific chemical treatment train (disinfection, iron/manganese removal…",
    "press": "not published",
    "rate": {
      "g": null,
      "n": "No public $/1,000-gallon rate schedule was located online. The village's site references a Utility Rates page and Ordinance No. 1060 (revising water rates, second reading Oct.…",
      "m": null
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Lead (tap sample, individual results)",
        "0 to 0.0049",
        "mg/L",
        "0.015 (action…",
        "unspecif…",
        "EPA SDWIS lead-and-copper-rule sample records for OH8600312: 5 samples, highest 0.0049 mg/L, four non-detect."
      ]
    ],
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    "plan": [
      [
        "Water treatment plant rehabilitation (ion exchange rebuild, media replacement, aeration/softening unit, SCADA…",
        700000,
        "2022",
        "proposed",
        "Village council approved applying for a Water Supply Revolving Loan and an OPWC grant per an August 2022 Bryan Times article; funding award and completion…"
      ]
    ],
    "stress": "No specific drought, groundwater-capacity, or contamination stress documented in sources reviewed; the system relies on 3 wells serving roughly 1,881 people. EPA SDWIS lists six non-health-based reporting/monitoring violations (1995-1998, 2006-2007, 2019-2020, most recently resolved August 2025), indicating recurring compliance-paperwork…",
    "sew": {
      "s": "Village Water/Sewer (Utility) Department operates sanitary sewer service including lift stations; no treatment-plant name, capacity, or receiving stream was confirmed from a source read.",
      "st": "Village history page notes storm sewers were built starting in 1958; current storm-sewer operations were not detailed in sources reviewed."
    },
    "fun": [
      "Edgerton was surveyed in 1854 at the spot where the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad crossed the St. Joseph River, and named for railroad figure Alfred P. Edgerton.",
      "The village's water treatment plant dates to 1966, and as of a 2022 engineering review most of its major components -- ion exchange units, valves, pumps -- were still the 1966 originals."
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        "https://www.bryantimes.com/news/local/edgerton-rehabilitating-water-plant/article_6defc556-ff66-5a05-a393-7d7f2a0e91b3.html"
      ],
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      "planned": [
        "https://www.bryantimes.com/news/local/edgerton-rehabilitating-water-plant/article_6defc556-ff66-5a05-a393-7d7f2a0e91b3.html"
      ],
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      ],
      "sewer": [
        "https://edgerton-ohio.gov/history-of-edgerton-2/"
      ],
      "fun_facts": [
        "https://edgerton-ohio.gov/history-of-edgerton-2/",
        "https://www.bryantimes.com/news/local/edgerton-rehabilitating-water-plant/article_6defc556-ff66-5a05-a393-7d7f2a0e91b3.html"
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    "caption": "View of Edgerton, a village in Williams County, Ohio",
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; each source keeps its own terms",
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