New Scientific Findings, Research, and Environmental Data for Southwestern Ohio and the Ohio River
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)
ORSANCO is an interstate commission that was established in June 1948 to improve, asses, monitor and study the water quality in the Ohio River.
Ohio River Bacteria TMDL Development: Summary of Data Analysis and Conceptual Model Development
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Corps’ Water Quality Program in the Ohio River region monitors and manages the water quality of the Ohio River and its’ tributaries.
This includes:
- Lake and reservoir monitoring
- Sediment polluting monitoring
- Macro-invertebrate surveys
- Algal surveys
- Bacterial monitoring
- Zebra mussel monitoring
Information about the U.S. Army Corps’ Water Quality Program can be found here.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
USGS is a scientific organization dedicated to studying ecosystem and environmental health issues.
Arsenic in Ground Water in Selected Parts of Southwestern Ohio, 2002-2003
“During 2002 and 2003, the USGS, in cooperation with the Miami Conservancy District, measured concentrations of arsenic and related water-quality constituents in 57 domestic wells in southwestern Ohio. The median arsenic concentration was 7.1 µg/L, and the maximum was 67.6 µg/L. Thirty-seven percent of samples had arsenic concentrations greater than 10 µg/L, the USEPA Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL).”
Published in 2005.
