The Water Treatment Plant
The Village Water Treatment Plant provides water for the Community's homes and businesses. The Village's source of water is a combination of nine wells tapping into an aquifer known as the Karst Aquifer. In The Village has created a Source Water Protection Plan (SWPP) protecting our water source per OEPA requirements.
This utility provided the Village with 66,000,000 gallons of treated water.
Capacity: 1,000,000 gallons per day
Usage per day: 150,000 gal. Average flow per day.
Year built: 1984
Qualifications to Operate the Plant: Class II Water Certificate (State)
Type of License Required: Class II Water Certificate (State)
Recent Major Improvements: Replaced distribution valves and completed some water line looping.
Wells: The village water system is supplied by 7 well, 250 feet deep, average 75 gallons per minute. Chlorine disinfection - EPA mandated plus Fluoride.
Water Storage: 100,000 gallon overhead storage (water tower), 200,000 gallon underground storage.
Maintenance: The village utility department maintains 60 fire hydrants, 11 miles of waterline, valves, and 823 meters. The water treatment plant houses a very sophisticated lab for both the water and sewer departments for performing EPA mandated tests for our system.
Other Information About the Water Treatment Plant:
Lime and soda ash softening plant with chlorine and fluoride added to the water during the treatment process. This process also removes Iron and Manganese from the raw water.
The Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Village's Wastewater Treatment Plan processed approximately 187,000,000 gallons of wastewater annually. Twenty-six miles of sewer lines (Some are storm water and others sanitary) were maintained by Village staff. As in all Ohio communities this was done under the watchful eye of the Ohio EPA which issues permits for operation of wastewater facilities. Our wastewater facility consists of two lagoons in which effluent from homes and commercial operations is treated in series to process the wastewater with bio-augmentation and aeration. The first lagoon (2.2 acres) is primary treatment and the second (3.0 acres) is the final step in treatment allowing the release of the clean water to the receiving waters, the Portage River in our case.
Capacity: 300,000 gallons per day plant.
Usage Per Day or Flow to Plant: 333,000 gal per day average flow.
Year Built: 1968 - 1969. (The second lagoon was added in 2001.)
Qualifications to Operate the Plant: Class I Wastewater Certificate (State)
Type of License Required: Class I Wastewater Certificate (State)
Recent Major Improvements: Added a second cell for storm water retention.
Maintenance: The village utility department maintains 3 pump stations, variable speed equipment, pumps, valves and motors, 15 miles of sewer lines and all manholes to maintain and clean.
Other Information About the Wastewater Treatment Plant:
The village has a combination storm and wastewater and collection system. This type of system is being eliminated by the EPA. Woodville has recently completed the construction of the Sewer Separation Project installing new sanitary sewer lines and laterals to existing home and businesses to direct sanitary wastes to the sewer plant and storm water to the river.
We will monitor the quality of the water at the outfalls during rain and snow melt events as the enter the river.
The Street Department
Miles of Streets: Eleven miles within the village - US Rt. 20 runs through the village with a heavy volume of traffic. Estimated 12,000 vehicles per day travel through Woodville, with 30% being truck traffic.
Parks: Busdiecker Park, Veterans Memorial Park and Trail Marker Park which includes a Community Swimming Pool. The community also supports youth to adult summer ball teams.
Major Improvements: New playground equipment at Trail Marker Park and to be added at Waterworks Park in 2003. A grant has been applied for to purchase a new pool liner.
Maintenance: Street department maintains all the streets, curbs, sidewalks, parks and park equipment, mowing, and all equipment to maintain the streets and parks.
Utilities Departments
The village also maintains buildings such as the Town Hall, Library, Museum, old street garage, new utility maintenance building, shelter houses in parks, water treatment plant, sewer treatment plant, and the many vehicles used to service the community.
All employees are required by Amp-Ohio to attend monthly OSHA safety meetings to keep our employees safe while working. The village now must be in compliance to all OSHA regulations, such as, fall protection, lock out tag out procedures, confine space, storage and many other OSHA requirements.
Concerns: Any questions about utilities any resident can call (419) 849-3031
In case of a power outage or other utility concerns during weekends, or non working hours, any residents may call the police department at (419) 849-3020 and request the officer to contact the necessary personnel in the utility department to take care of any concerns.