{ "type": "water", "pwsid": "OH8701712", "name": "Pemberville Village", "county": "Wood", "population": 1326, "producer": true, "source_class": "groundwater", "label": "Groundwater wells (8 wells)", "bodies": [], "intakes": [], "wells": 8, "aquifer": "", "notes": "", "urls": [], "chain": [ "OH8701712" ], "plants": [ { "n": "Pemberville Village Treatment Plant (STU 1 & STU 2, blended)", "a": "Pemberville, OH 43450 (Wood County)", "la": 41.4046, "lo": -83.4804, "pt": "approximate", "wb": "Groundwater", "src": "Village well field (8 municipal wells) feeding the single village treatment plant", "cls": "groundwater" } ], "facts": { "hist": [ [ "2005", "Earliest Consumer Confidence Report archived on the village website (confirmed: the village's water department page lists a full CCR archive back to 2005)." ], [ "2020", "Well field sampled under Ohio's statewide PFAS Sampling Initiative; six PFAS compounds tested, none detected in finished water." ], [ "2023", "Water tower replacement project reached full funding ($838,000 in Ohio Public Works Commission grant/loan money, per the mayor); by September 2023 total project cost was reported at about $2.2…" ], [ "2024", "Village reviewed and updated its Drinking Water Source Protection Plan and Water Supply Contingency Plan." ], [ "2025", "Village completed installation of a new 150,000-gallon elevated storage tank; the North Water Treatment Plant exceeded its plan-approval hardness limit (150 mg/L) on July 1 (205 mg/L), Aug. 14 (205…" ] ], "treat": "Groundwater from 8 wells across 3 well fields is treated by ion exchange units at two village water treatment plants (including a North plant), operated and checked 365 days a year by a single Ohio EPA Class 1-licensed operator. Confirmed verbatim against the village's own 2025 CCR.", "press": "Not published; no psi figure appears in the CCR or on the village site, though the 2025 addition of a 150,000-gallon elevated storage tank (replacing a smaller tower) implies…", "rate": { "g": null, "n": "No current published tariff was located this session (the codified ordinance page did not render its fee-schedule text, and no rate resolution PDF was found). As of a Nov. 2025…", "m": null }, "imp": [ [ "Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)", "48.7", "ppb", "80", "2025", "Range 35.4-48.7 ppb; no violation. Confirmed against the village's own 2025 CCR data table." ], [ "Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)", "13.6", "ppb", "60", "2025", "Range 12.9-13.6 ppb; no violation." ], [ "Fluoride", "1.19", "ppm", "4.0", "2025", "Range 0.61-1.19 ppm; no violation." ], [ "Lead (90th percentile)", "1.2", "ppb", "15 (action…", "2025", "0 of sampled sites over the action level." ], [ "Copper (90th percentile)", "0.295", "ppm", "1.3 (action…", "2025", "0 sites over the action level." ], [ "Gross Alpha (excl. radon/uranium)", "5.26", "pCi/L", "15", "2025", "No violation." ], [ "Total Hardness", "233 (peak)", "mg/L", "150…", "2025", "Exceeded the plan-approval limit on July 1 (205), Aug 14 (205) and Sept 4 (233 mg/L) at the North Water Treatment…" ], [ "PFAS (6 compounds tested)", "ND", "ppt", "n/a", "2020", "None detected, statewide PFAS initiative sampling." ], [ "Barium", "0.0192", "ppm", "2", "2025", "No violation; added from the village CCR's full contaminant table." ], [ "Arsenic", "0.0006", "ppm", "0.010", "2025", "No violation." ] ], "proj": [ [ "150,000-gallon elevated storage tank (with waterline looping)", 2200000, "2025", "completed", "Replaced a smaller 100,000-gallon tower; total project reported at ~$2.2M by local press in Sept. 2023 (~$1M Wood County, $838,000 OPWC, $300,000 local funds).…" ] ], "plan": [ [ "Water/sewer base rate increase", null, "2025", "proposed", "Reported base rate proposal of $38 for the first 1,000 gal plus $8.50/1,000 gal thereafter, to address sewer-fund insolvency risk (sewer is billed off water…" ] ], "stress": "Confirmed directly against Pemberville's 2025 CCR: Ohio EPA's Vulnerability Assessment rates the source as highly susceptible to contamination because the wells sit in a sensitive karst area, the aquifer is shallow (under 25 ft below ground surface), well casings are shallow (25 ft), and potential contaminant sources exist within the…", "sew": { "s": "Village-operated sanitary sewer; sewer billing is tied to metered water usage. The claim that the sewer fund faced insolvency risk and prompted a proposed rate hike could not be independently confirmed this session (see rates note) -- treat as reported but unverified. Treatment plant name/capacity/receiving stream were not confirmed in…", "st": "Not detailed in sources reviewed." }, "fun": [ "Pemberville's water system draws from 8 wells spread across 3 separate well fields, then treats it via ion exchange at two village plants rather than conventional filtration.", "Both village water plants are checked 365 days a year by a single Ohio EPA Class 1-licensed operator.", "Ohio EPA's source-water assessment flags Pemberville's aquifer as sitting in a sensitive karst zone with well casings only 25 feet deep -- a notably shallow, vulnerable setup.", "In 2025 the village produced an average of about 80,542 gallons of treated water a day (29,398,000 gallons for the year) for roughly 1,326 residents -- a figure confirmed directly in the village's own CCR." ], "src": { "history": [ "https://www.pemberville.org/board-of-public-affairs/water-department", "https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/2651278/normal_6a2082e2bf55e.pdf", "https://www.sent-trib.com/2023/05/20/water-tower-project-moving-along-in-pemberville/", "https://www.sent-trib.com/2023/09/12/pemberville-makes-progress-on-public-works-projects/" ], "treatment": [ "https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/2651278/normal_6a2082e2bf55e.pdf" ], "pressure": [ "https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/2651278/normal_6a2082e2bf55e.pdf" ], "rates": [ "https://www.google.com/search?q=%22VILLAGE+OF+PEMBERVILLE+COUNCIL+MEETING%22+November+2025+%22base+rate%22+water" ], "impurities": [ "https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/2651278/normal_6a2082e2bf55e.pdf" ], "projects": [ "https://www.sent-trib.com/2023/09/12/pemberville-makes-progress-on-public-works-projects/", "https://cms8.revize.com/revize/woodcountyengr/Vlg%20Pemberville%20-%20Pemberville%2015000%20Gallon%20Elevated%20Water%20Storage%20Tank%20Improvements%20-%20REVISED.pdf" ], "planned": [ "https://www.google.com/search?q=%22VILLAGE+OF+PEMBERVILLE+COUNCIL+MEETING%22+November+2025+%22base+rate%22+water" ], "water_stress": [ "https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/2651278/normal_6a2082e2bf55e.pdf" ], "fun_facts": [ "https://files.cdn-files-a.com/uploads/2651278/normal_6a2082e2bf55e.pdf" ] } }, "zips_served": [ { "zip": "43450", "share": 0.3825, "dominant": true } ], "photo": { "url": "/photos/OH8701712.jpg", "caption": "Village hall and opera house in Pemberville, Ohio, built 1892", "credit": "Nyttend", "license": "Public domain" }, "url": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8701712/", "api": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/water/OH8701712.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), \"Pemberville Village · OH8701712\", https://crackedbuckeye.com/water/OH8701712/, built 2026-09-16, accessed [date].", "schema": "https://crackedbuckeye.com/api/schema.json" }