8 facts, figures about Dayton water facilities

The Dayton Water Department sustained a major break or leak this week, affecting hundreds of thousands of people who use the system in the city and parts of the county.

Following are facts and figures about the city of Dayton’s water facilities:

3: Well fields

2: Water treatment plants

2: Main pumping stations

16: Water storage facilities (88 million gallons)

23: billion gallons of treated drinking water pumped in 2010

400,000: Residents supplied

75: million gallons of daily water delivered by the system

Communities served: Dayton, Kettering, Riverside, Trotwood, Brookville, Dayton International Airport, part of Vandalia, part of Greene County

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