Editing Fostoria, Ohio (section)

===Public water system ===
The City of Fostoria operates a community public water system that serves a population of approximately 15,000 people and has 5,500 metered service connections. The City of Fostoria also provides water to the [[Arcadia, Ohio|Village of Arcadia]] with a population of 537.

The water treatment system obtains its water from the East Branch of the Portage River. Most of the water is stored in six upground reservoirs. The system also has three groundwater wells that currently serve as the back-up source for the city. Plant design capacity is 6.08 million gallons per day, but current average production is about 2.2 million gallons per day.<ref>{{Citation|last=Macler|first=Bruce A.|chapter=U.S. EPA Drinking Water Field Office Perspectives and Needs for Risk Assessment|date=2007-03-01|pages=315–323|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|isbn=9780470173381|doi=10.1002/9780470173381.ch13|title=Risk Assessment for Chemicals in Drinking Water}}</ref>