Rossford - Quality of Life

Rossford has a wide variety of affordable living, along with abundant outdoor recreation opportunities. We are also located minutes from premium health care facilities and nationally recognized educational institutions.

About 77% of high school students graduate in northwest Ohio compared to the State of Ohio's rate of 76%. About 50% of the graduating northwest Ohio students continue on to higher education. Note in the chart below that Wood County has the greatest number of persons with higher education.

Some of the area hospitals have developed programs to respond to the special healthcare needs of business. Various services offered by some area hospitals are listed below. For more specific information on the Occupational Health Programs, either contact RGP or any of the hospitals listed above.

Due to its mid-continent location and proximity to the lake, the Northwest area experiences moderate snowfall, rainfall and temperatures. In 1998, the National Bureau of Weather Services reported 31.87" of rain and 2.6" of snow

Drinking Water
The drinking water quality in Toledo exceeds most of the nation's drinking water. The levels of most inorganic, organic, radionuclides chemicals found in Toledo's tap water were considerably below the U.S. EPA's defined maximum containment levels, according to the 1998 water quality report done by the Department of Public Utilities in Toledo.

Sewage Treatment
Sewage treatment plants in northwest Ohio provide service to most of the region and where not available, service often can be extended.

Sewage Treatment Data

Municipality	County	Sewage Treatment Supplier	Treatment Type	Treatment Capacity (MGD)	Maximum Daily Flow (MGD)	Average Daily Flow (MGD)
Defiance	Defiance	City of Defiance	Activated sludge w/ 6 mechanical mixers	4.00	7.70	4.20
Archbold	Fulton	Village of Archbold	Tertiary treatment w/ phosphate removal	1.75	1.40	2.00
Delta	Fulton	Village of Delta	Sequencing batch reactor	4.20	.70	2.50
Fayette	Fulton	Village of Fayette	Facultative lagoons	.50	.30	.15
Metamora	Fulton	N/A	septic tanks w/interceptor & lagoon	N/A	N/A	N/A
Swanton	Fulton	Village of Swanton	Trickling filter plant w/ tertiary	1.84	.55	1.10
Wauseon	Fulton	City of Wauseon	Trickling filters	1.50	3.00	1.00
Holgate	Henry	Village of Holgate	Lagoons	.25	.10	.18
Liberty Center	Henry	Village of Liberty Center	Aerator system, sludge lagoon	.78	.10	.78
Holland	Lucas	Lucas County	Extended aeration	15.00	10.00	7.50
Maumee	Lucas	Maumee River Wastewater Treatment Plant	Temperature processing	15.00	1.97	3.29
Oregon	Lucas	Municipal	Activated sludge secondary	8.00	23.72	5.84
Sylvania	Lucas	City of Toledo	Activated sludge secondary	102.00	187.00	82.00
Toledo	Lucas	City of Toledo	Activated sludge secondary	102.00	187.00	82.00
Waterville	Lucas	Lucas County	Extended aeration	15.00	10.00	7.50
Whitehouse	Lucas	Village of Whitehouse	Secondary biological	1.00	1.00	.40
Port Clinton	Ottawa	City of Port Clinton	Primary & secondary	3.00	NA	1.20
Gibsonburg	Sandusky	Village of Gibsonburg	Activated sludge	1.10	.50	1.00
Green Spring	Sandusky	Village of Green Spring	Lagoon	.75	.27	.666
Fostoria	Seneca	City of Fostoria		6.00	5.5	2.89
Tiffin	Seneca	City of Tiffin	Primary & secondary	12.00	4.80	3.00
Northwood	Wood	City of Oregon	Activated sludge secondary	8.00	23.72	5.84
Perrysburg	Wood	City of Perrysburg	Activated sludge	13.00	3.00	18.00
Rossford	Wood	City of Toledo	Activated sludge	102.00	187.00	82.00
Bowling Green	Wood	Municipal	Activated sludge-tertiary	16.00	5.00	8.00
Grand Rapids	Wood	Village of Grand Rapids	Oxidation ditch	.19	.09	.09
Walbridge	Wood	City of Toledo	Activated sludge secondary	8.00	5.84	23.72

Natural Gas
[Specific rate information is difficult to project without a specific site or sites identified, and usage requirements known.]

Much of Northwest Ohio is served by Columbia Gas of Ohio (COH), a subsidiary of Columbia Energy Group, one of the nation's largest integrated natural gas companies. Columbia Gas provides access to diverse sources of supply and has the largest storage capacity in the United States. COH has the largest Customer CHOICE program in the U.S., which allows all of their 1.8 million customers in Ohio to choose one of over 20 marketers to serve the commodity costs of the natural gas with COH providing transportation and other related distribution services. Some of these marketers supply the large commercial and industrial markets only. The COH transportation and base rates have not increased since 1994. In addition, COH offers: banking and balancing services, transportation services, technical services such as engineering consultation, gas fired equipment analysis, rate comparisons with existing utilities, energy efficiency comparisons of equipment. Columbia Gas of Ohio has had no major interruptions of service to commercial/industrial customers.

Some locations west of Toledo are served by other natural gas utilities, such as Ohio Gas. The supply is more than adequate for the foreseeable future. In some cases, service may need to be extended to specific sites.

Electricity
Much of northwest Ohio is served by Toledo Edison, a division of First Energy. Abundant supplies are provided by two clean, modern coal burning plants and one nuclear powered station located in northwest Ohio. Other electric power sources include American Electric Power, Buckeye Power, Ohio Electric, Ohio Edison, North Central Electric, and Hancock Wood Electric. Some localities are supplied by municipal systems.

Uninterrupted electricity service is in Downtown Toledo and First Energy will provide uninterrupted power supplies to companies located in outlying areas.

Toledo Edison's average electric rate per month is $72.83 for a household. There hasn't been an increase applied for electrical rates from Toledo Edison for four years and there is no increased expected in 1997.