1/27/2025
WT Staff
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January 27, 2025 1048 am EST
Freezing water mains prompt BWAs for McGuffey Village, Findlay and Canfield City
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Hardin County: McGuffey Village issued a boil water advisory following a water main break on Courtright St. during last week's cold snap. Residents on Courtright St were boiling their drinking water over the weekend.
McGuffey Village operates one of thirty licensed drinking water facilities in Hardin County, serving 710 residents from a groundwater source in the Upper Scioto River watershed. The facility does not have serious SDWA violations on the record, however the US EPA does note non-compliance with the SDWA Consumer Confidence Rule ongoing since Feb 2020. Ohio EPA has McGuffey Village listed with a Do not Drink - Sensitive Persons advisory for fluoride above the Maximum Contaminant Level 2 mg/L since Mar 2016. According to Ohio EPA, the fluoride level was 2.38 mg/L when last tested, 2/27/2024. Public notice of the Do not Drink advisory was given via posting at the town hall and with hand delivered notices in November 2024, that children under nine should be provided with alternative sources of drinking water or water that has been treated to remove fluoride in order to lessen the risk of cosmetic discoloration of their permanent teeth. Fluoride testing will occur again in 2027.
Hancock County: Findlay had certain addresses under BWA late last week and over the weekend following repair to a water main. Addresses in the 1700 and 1800 block of Lima Ave, 2000 block Carlin Street and 1700 block of Gay Avenue were impacted.
Mahoning County: The cold weather last week had Ohio Water crews responding all over Mahoning County, including Canfield. Canfield City Public Water System endured six water main breaks disrupting service to customers on Callahan Road, Scott Street, Hood Drive at Fairground Boulevard, Wadsworth Street at West Main, and North Broad Street at Hilltop Boulevard. All impacted customers were under a boil water advisory on the weekend. Canfield City supplies 7767 residents plus businesses with treated surface water purchased from another licensed facility in the Mahoning River watershed. There are no serious SDWA violations on record as of the last audited reporting period, ended Sep 30, 2024. EPA notes this facility in non-compliance with the Consumer Confidence rule in each of the last twelve quarterly reporting cycles.
The new quarterly stats are out from EPA, Ohio has 41 drinking water facilities on the latest Serious Violator list, see the updated list, here.
Streamflow Situation from the network of US Geological Survey monitors in Ohio
Water levels remain below seasonal normal to low statewide Monday. See the front page map for low flow details, red-brown tags indicate the locations. The drought in Muskingum River basin has escalated over the weekend, Wills Creek watershed stepped up to extreme drought rating with adjacent Hocking River watershed remaining in moderate drought as reported here last week. Ohio River minor tributary Wheeling Creek watershed has been down-graded from severe to moderate drought. Muskingum River basin's Mohican, Tuscarawas and Little Muskingum River watersheds remain below normal, along with Upper Ohio River minor tributaries Mahoning, Shenango and Little Beaver Creek watersheds, also rated below normal. In the Lake Erie drainage basin, St. Josephs River watershed has stepped up to moderate drought rating over the weekend. Tiffin, St Mary's, Blanchard and Sandusky River watersheds remain below normal. The Lower Maumee River watershed has recovered from below normal drought rating, no longer rated.
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