Meander Drainage Basin

• 86.5 square miles

 District Property

• 5,570 acres (total)

• 2,167 acres (water/reservoir)

• 3,172.5 acres (land reforested with 4 million Evergreen trees

and provides a buffer zone to protect the reservoir from

contaminants)

 Reservoir

• 7 miles long

• 40 miles of shoreline

• Land is forested with 4 million Evergreen trees

• Has a capacity of 11 billion gallons

• The Dam is 50 feet high, 3550 feet long and has 260 feet

of spillway

Population Served

• 220,000 > 7 municipalities and portions of 10 townships

Total Annual Volume of Water Produced

• 9.0 billion gallons January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 

Average Daily Usage

• 24.76 million gallons a day

• Youngstown % of usage 69.57%

• Niles % of usage 29.07%

• McDonald % of usage 1.36%

Cost

• Approximately 2/10 of one cent per gallon

Water Treatment Plant Capacity

• 60 million gallons a day

Water Storage Capacity

• 35.9 million gallons

 
Distribution System consists of 27.4 miles of pipelines

varying in size from 20 inch to 48 inch. The District is the

only one formed under the Sanitary District Act, Ohio

Revised Code Chapter 6115.

Employees

• 2 Certified Class IV 

• 7 Certified Class III (Water Supply Operators)

• 14 Certified Class I (Water Supply Operators)

• 55 full-time employees and 1 part-time employee

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