Oberlin has a part-time Solicitor who is appointed by the Council. This person is Oberlin's lawyer and legal advisor to Council and the City Manager. The Oberlin Municipal Light and Power System Directory oversees our Municipal Light and Power plant. Oberlin has been generating its own electricity since 1934. The Public Works Director also oversees our water treatment plant on Parsons Road, three miles east of Oberlin.
Water is pumped from the Black River into a large reservoir behind the plant.
It is them treated with necessary chemicals and pumped into two water storage tanks. From those water towers water flows to houses and businesses. This water treatment plant has been used since 1962. Before that the original treatment plant was located near the two reservoirs on Morgan Street and was used from 1887 until 1962. In 1975 the waste water treatment plant was built on East Lorain Street.