12/23/2024
WT Staff
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December 23, 2024 1106 am EST
Bellefontaine BWA
Safe Drinking Water Act
Logan County: Bellefontaine ended up with a BWA last week Thursday Dec 19 affecting all the addresses on Prospect Avenue, 1304 Paul Street and 1405 South Main Street. City of Bellefontaine Public Water System serves 14000 residents from a groundwater source in the Upper Great Miami watershed. According to the 2023 Annual Water Report, the groundwater aquifer supplying the City of Bellefontaine's west well field is rated highly susceptible to contamination.
- Water quality results indicate impacts of volatile organic compounds.
- The carbonate aquifer has a relatively shallow depth to water, in most areas less than 30 feet below the ground surface.
- The topography is relatively flat, allowing for most of the recharge to infiltrate into the ground instead of running off.
- Potential contaminant sources exist within the protection area
See how drinking water facility compliance compares in Ohio, New York, Georgia, Louisiana and California, here.
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS river monitoring sites in Ohio
Fair, 33 degrees at Marion Municipal Airport, the forecast from NWS Cleveland calling for a high around 39 and a 30% chance of showers after 5 pm. Rain showers and sleet are expected tonight, 80% chance of rain, sleet and some snow in the mix before 1 am, turning to rain showers after 1 am, low around 34. NWS Wilmington is reporting fair conditions, 39 degrees with a high 45 today under partly sunny skies. The chance of precipitation is 70% for tonight, rain is expected before 3am, the low around 35, less than one tenth of an inch.
Below normal streamflows are creeping back on the radar Monday, nine stations reporting much below seasonal, mainly in the Lake Erie drainage basin and the upper end of the Ohio River drainage basins through the interior. Two sites are recording low values, 2nd percentile. Three out of 32 watersheds continue with drought ratings as reported at the end of last week, severe drought holds on Wheeling Creek watershed, impacting Belmont, southeast Harrison and south Jefferson Counties. Adjacent Wills Creek watershed in the Muskingum River basin remains at moderate drought, impacting Guernsey County. St Josephs River watershed remains below normal in the Lake Erie basin, impacting Williams County. As of this report, there are no extreme high or 1st percentile flows, and no flooding in the reference network.
NWS has winter weather safety information for at home and on the road. See the full message, here.
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