Drinking Water Source Protection Areas - Ohio River Public Water Systems [Ohio]
Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Water
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2016
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Drinking Water Source Protection Areas - Ohio River Public Water Systems [Ohio]
Description
Data updated daily between midnight and 6 am. The Ohio Source Water Protection Program is intended to protect Ohio's streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and ground waters used for public drinking water from future contamination. To protect drinking water supplies, a protection area is delineated based on the area that supplies water to the well or surface water intake. Public water systems with intakes on the Ohio River have three zones defined. Zone 1, or the Zone of Critical Concern, extends one quarter mile below a water intake to 25 miles upstream in the Ohio River. Zone 2, the Zone of High Concern extends one quarter mile below a surface water intake, upstream, to one quarter mile below the next Ohio River intake. Major tributaries are incorporated within a 25 mile distance upstream from the intake. Zone 3 is the Source Water Area, or the entire portion of the Ohio River Basin upstream from the surface water intake. These areas are developed in coordination with the Ohio River Sanitary Commission (ORSANCO) and are updated, as needed, on a continual basis.
Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Water (2016). Drinking Water Source Protection Areas - Ohio River Public Water Systems [Ohio]. . https://ogrip-geohio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/1a3fed94104e4dc7a0bfce84f7e6718e (dataset)