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  "type": "water",
  "pwsid": "OH8700311",
  "name": "Bowling Green City",
  "county": "Wood",
  "population": 31578,
  "producer": true,
  "source_class": "river",
  "label": "Maumee River (via Bowling Green Reservoir)",
  "bodies": [
    "Maumee River",
    "Bowling Green Reservoir"
  ],
  "intakes": [
    "Reservoir",
    "Maumee River"
  ],
  "wells": 0,
  "aquifer": "",
  "notes": "City pumps Maumee River water into its 170-million-gallon reservoir when river quality is good, then treats from the reservoir; confirms the SDWIS 'INTAKE RESERVOIR'/'INTAKE MAUMEE RIVER' entries.",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.bgohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6013/2025-Drinking-Water-Consumer-Confidence-Report-PDF",
    "https://www.bgohio.gov/349/Water-Treatment-Plant",
    "https://www.bgohio.gov/350/Water-Quality-Report"
  ],
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    "OH8700311"
  ],
  "plants": [
    {
      "n": "Bowling Green Water Treatment Plant",
      "a": "17549 W. River Road (SR 65), Bowling Green, OH 43402 - on the Maumee in Washington Township near Otsego, ~15 mi…",
      "la": 41.4483,
      "lo": -83.7726,
      "pt": "plant",
      "wb": "Maumee River / Bowling Green Reservoir",
      "src": "Maumee River, pumped from a riverside intake on Ohio 65 into the 170-million-gallon Bowling Green Reservoir for storage before treatment",
      "cls": "river",
      "in": [
        {
          "n": "Maumee River intake",
          "wb": "Maumee River",
          "role": "primary",
          "src": "Riverbank intake and pump station on the Maumee near Otsego, drawn only when river water quality is good",
          "la": 41.4525,
          "lo": -83.7745,
          "pt": "intake"
        },
        {
          "n": "Bowling Green Reservoir",
          "wb": "Maumee River (pumped, off-stream storage)",
          "role": "storage",
          "src": "170-million-gallon upground reservoir at the plant holding about 30 days of pumped Maumee River water",
          "la": 41.4483,
          "lo": -83.7726,
          "pt": "approximate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "facts": {
    "hist": [
      [
        "1950",
        "Original Bowling Green water treatment plant built with a 3.0 MGD capacity; expanded to 6 MGD in 1968 with added filters and clarifiers."
      ],
      [
        "1990",
        "The 170-million-gallon above-ground raw water reservoir was built, letting the city bank Maumee River water when quality is good."
      ],
      [
        "2011",
        "First 3 MGD microfiltration / reverse osmosis system installed at the plant (2011-2012), adding a membrane train alongside sand filtration."
      ],
      [
        "2020",
        "Two more microfiltration trains completed; the plant's final rating reached 10.03 MGD in winter and 10.7 MGD in summer."
      ],
      [
        "2026",
        "A new water rate schedule was approved January 12, 2026, effective April 1, 2026, raising the residential customer charge to $4.25/month."
      ]
    ],
    "treat": "Two independent trains treat reservoir-stored Maumee water: conventional multi-barrier (rapid sand filters) and Integrated Membrane (microfiltration + reverse osmosis); GAC and UV also used. The two finished waters are blended, chlorinated and fluoridated.",
    "press": "not published; no psi figure or pressure-zone map found in the CCR, the Water Distribution page, or other city water pages.",
    "rate": {
      "g": 2.81,
      "n": "Inside-city residential effective 4/1/2026 (approved 1/12/2026): $0.021/cu ft (~$2.81/1,000 gal) plus $4.25/mo meter charge; bill shown for 5,000 gal/mo.",
      "m": 18.29
    },
    "imp": [
      [
        "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)",
        "66.6",
        "ppb",
        "80",
        "2025",
        "Chlorination byproduct; single results ran 34.3-85.7 ppb, above the 80 MCL at times."
      ],
      [
        "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)",
        "23.1",
        "ppb",
        "60",
        "2025",
        "Chlorination byproduct; range 8.3-27.7 ppb, comfortably under the MCL."
      ],
      [
        "Nitrate (as N)",
        "7.3",
        "ppm",
        "10",
        "2025",
        "Peaked at 7.3 ppm, 73% of the MCL; range <0.2-7.3. Fertilizer and sewage runoff."
      ],
      [
        "Turbidity",
        "0.10",
        "NTU",
        "0.3 (TT)",
        "2025",
        "Filter performance indicator; range 0.02-0.10, 100% of samples met the standard."
      ],
      [
        "Lead (90th percentile)",
        "<4",
        "ppb",
        "15 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "0 of 31 household samples over the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Copper (90th percentile)",
        "0.029",
        "ppm",
        "1.3 (AL)",
        "2025",
        "0 of 31 household samples over the action level."
      ],
      [
        "Fluoride",
        "1.03",
        "ppm",
        "4",
        "2025",
        "Water additive for dental health plus natural deposits; range 0.87-1.18."
      ],
      [
        "PFAS (6 regulated compounds)",
        "not reported",
        "ppt",
        "4 (PFOA/PFOS…",
        "2023-202…",
        "UCMR5 monitoring done, but the CCR publishes no results; available by phone request."
      ]
    ],
    "proj": [
      [
        "Rapid sand filter rebuild and fluoride building",
        null,
        "2016-2017",
        "completed",
        "Six rapid sand filters rebuilt with new filter bottoms and air added to the backwash cycle."
      ],
      [
        "Microfiltration train expansion",
        null,
        "2020",
        "completed",
        "Two more microfiltration trains added to feed the RO membranes; plant then rated 10.03 MGD winter and 10.7 MGD summer."
      ]
    ],
    "plan": [],
    "stress": "Ohio EPA revised the source water assessment in 2025; all Ohio surface waters are rated susceptible, and the Maumee protection area holds farm runoff, industrial storm water, feed lots and wastewater discharges. The CCR names TTHMs as its one historic compliance exception.",
    "sew": {
      "s": "City-run Bowling Green WWTP, an Ohio EPA Class IV plant rated 10 MGD average and 30 MGD peak wet-weather flow: screening, primary settling, aeration, secondary settling, tertiary treatment and UV disinfection; biosolids are aerobically digested into topsoil additive. Opened 1982, expanded 2005.",
      "st": "Partly combined: one CSO outfall near E. Poe Rd and Mercer Rd discharges to the E. Poe Road ditch in large wet-weather events, with public notice under 40 CFR 122.38. No stormwater fee found."
    },
    "fun": [
      "The city only draws from the Maumee when the river is of high quality, banking it in a 170-million-gallon above-ground reservoir that holds about 30 days of raw water.",
      "Bowling Green runs two independent treatment trains side by side - conventional sand filtration and a microfiltration/reverse-osmosis membrane system - then blends the two finished waters.",
      "About 90 miles of water main, ranging from 6 to 36 inches, feed roughly 9,000 water meters.",
      "The plant started in 1950 at just 3 MGD; after the 2020 membrane expansion it is rated about 10.7 MGD in summer."
    ]
  },
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    "caption": "Main Street in downtown Bowling Green, Ohio, served by the city's Maumee River water system",
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  "generated": "2026-09-16",
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