{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH8601312", "name": "Pioneer Village", "county": "Williams", "population": 1449, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (3 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 3, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH8601312" ], "plants": [], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "1849", "Village founding date shown on Pioneer's official seal ('Est. 1849')." ], [ "1851", "A post office was established at Pioneer, predating its formal platting." ], [ "1853", "Pioneer was formally platted in Williams County's Madison Township." ], [ "1903-1933", "The Toledo and Western interurban electric railway used Pioneer as its terminus, part of an unrealized plan to link Toledo to Chicago." ], [ "2023-2025", "Village became the center of a contested AquaBounty genetically-modified salmon farm project seeking up to 5.25 million gallons/day from the Michindoh Aquifer; Williams County commissioners denied…" ] ], "treat": "Groundwater pumped by 3 wells (about 326,000 gallons/day in 2025) from a sand-and-gravel aquifer protected by over 25 ft of low-permeability clay; pressure filtration at the village water treatment plant (west side of the village) removes iron, manganese, taste and odor. Confirmed verbatim against…", "press": "Not published in any Pioneer document reviewed (2025 CCR, village site); no psi or tank-elevation figures found. Generic village plumbing code requires booster pumps to cut off at…", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "Pioneer bills flat monthly fees rather than per-1,000-gallon rates. Village materials describe roughly $40 water + $40 sewer + $15 garbage/month for a 'Family' household and lower…", "m": 73 }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "30.6", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range 26.1-30.6 ppb. Confirmed against Pioneer's 2025 CCR." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "7.0", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range 6.9-7.0 ppb. Confirmed against Pioneer's 2025 CCR." ], [ "Gross Alpha (excl. radon/uranium)", "3.47", "pCi/L", "15", "2022", "Confirmed against Pioneer's 2025 CCR." ], [ "Nitrate (as N)", "0.197", "mg/L", "10", "2025", "Runoff from fertilizer/septic systems. Confirmed against Pioneer's 2025 CCR." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.03", "ppm", "4", "2025", "Naturally occurring plus additive. Confirmed against Pioneer's 2025 CCR." ], [ "Barium", "0.219", "ppm", "2", "2025", "Added from the 2025 CCR; not in the prior draft." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "1.7", "ppb", "15 (AL)", "2025", "0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. Confirmed against Pioneer's 2025 CCR." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.079", "ppm", "1.3 (AL)", "2025", "0 of 10 samples exceeded the action level. Added from the 2025 CCR." ], [ "Lead/copper service-line notification", "violation", "n/a", "n/a", "2025", "System failed to demonstrate delivery of required annual lead/galvanized/unknown service-line notices by 7/1/2025.…" ] ], "proj": [ [ "Cedar and Dearborn Street waterline and storm sewer replacement", 847005, "2024", "under construction", "OWDA Fresh Water Loan Program financing (3.31%, 20-yr term) for 1,800 ft of new waterline and 1,700 ft of storm sewer; amount and terms confirmed via OWDA…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "Water Treatment Plant Improvements", null, "2025", "proposed", "Reported as an OPWC District 5 Round 34 capital funding application; not independently verified this session (could not reach OPWC/Ohio Development Services…" ], [ "Randolph Pump Station Rehab and Inflow Sewer Replacement", null, "2025", "proposed", "Reported as addressing sanitary sewer inflow/pump station issues via OPWC District 5 Round 34; not independently verified this session." ] ], "stress": "Pioneer sits over the regional Michindoh Aquifer (spanning Michigan-Indiana-Ohio); the proposed AquaBounty land-based salmon farm sought up to 5.25 million gallons/day from wells near the village and new water/wastewater pipelines, prompting a multi-year legal fight in which Williams County Commissioners' refusal of road easements was…", "sew": { "s": "Village-owned wastewater treatment plant; a proposed Randolph Pump Station rehab and inflow sewer replacement project (unverified this session) suggests possible inflow/infiltration issues, but the specific NPDES permit number and 0.5 MGD capacity figure from the prior draft could not be independently confirmed this session and should be…", "st": "Separate storm sewer system; 1,700 ft of storm sewer on Cedar and Dearborn Streets was replaced alongside the 2024 waterline project (confirmed via OWDA loan records)." }, "fun": [ "Pioneer was the terminus of the Toledo and Western interurban electric railway (1903-1933), part of a never-completed plan to link Toledo to Chicago by rail.", "The village became nationally known in 2024-2025 as the site of a controversial AquaBounty genetically-modified salmon farm project that clashed with county commissioners over water and sewer easements, reaching the…", "The village's official seal reads 'Est. 1849,' four years before its formal platting in 1853.", "Pioneer bills water and sewer as flat monthly fees rather than metered per-gallon rates, unusual among Ohio villages." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer,_Ohio", "https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2025/03/24/aquabounty-owes-contractor-1-6-million-work-pioneer-lawsuit-claims/stories/20250324101", "https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2025/06/10/aquabounty-ohio-supreme-court-williams-county-case/stories/20250610096" ], "treatment": [ "https://pioneerohio.gov/?attachment_id=243" ], "pressure": [ "https://pioneerohio.gov/?attachment_id=243" ], "rates": [ "http://www.villageofpioneer.org/departments/rates-information/" ], "impurities": [ "https://pioneerohio.gov/?attachment_id=243" ], "projects": [ "https://www.bryantimes.com/news/pioneer-awarded-infrastructure-grant/article_5bb72588-9df1-11ef-ad33-5798dd39a6da.html", "https://www.owda.org/docs/documents/1088/Meeting%20Book%20-%20Board%20Meeting%20October%2031,%202024.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://thevillagereporter.com/pioneer-to-receive-state-loan-for-wastewater-drinking-water/" ], "water_stress": [ "https://www.13abc.com/2024/01/19/pioneer-fish-farm-project-can-move-forward-following-court-ruling/", "https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2025/06/10/aquabounty-ohio-supreme-court-williams-county-case/stories/20250610096" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer,_Ohio", "https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2025/03/24/aquabounty-owes-contractor-1-6-million-work-pioneer-lawsuit-claims/stories/20250324101" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43554", "share": 0.5491, "dominant": true } ], "photo": null, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8601312/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH8601312.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), \"Pioneer Village · OH8601312\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8601312/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }