/tags/water-quality Water Quality en-US Copyright Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:05:10 GMT /politics-government/2025-06-04/massive-250-million-three-mile-columbus-sewer-tunnel-project-reaches-destination-with-a-bang Crews have been tunneling adjacent to the Olentangy River to make the 3-mile sewer overflow tunnel since March 2023. The project will help ensure sewer overflow during increasingly common severe storms doesn't pollute the river. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:05:10 GMT /politics-government/2025-06-04/massive-250-million-three-mile-columbus-sewer-tunnel-project-reaches-destination-with-a-bang George Shillcock /2025-05-22/whitehall-mayor-says-no-health-hazards-after-oil-spill-which-spread-to-three-creeks-metro-park Columbus Water and Power says the area's drinking water supply wasn't impacted. The agency had to close a few wells that draw from Big Walnut Creek as a precaution. Crews are now cleaning oil from Three Creeks Metro Park. Thu, 22 May 2025 20:01:41 GMT /2025-05-22/whitehall-mayor-says-no-health-hazards-after-oil-spill-which-spread-to-three-creeks-metro-park George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-05-19/columbus-making-progress-towards-replacing-more-than-20-000-lead-pipes Columbus Water and Power knows of more than 24,000 lead service lines still in the ground. The city is working to replace these pipes and also take inventory of private properties that have lead pipes to get those replaced too. Mon, 19 May 2025 20:07:23 GMT /politics-government/2025-05-19/columbus-making-progress-towards-replacing-more-than-20-000-lead-pipes George Shillcock /2024-12-12/study-reveals-cleaner-water-could-hurt-some-lake-erie-fish Removing nutrients from Lake Erie reduces harmful algal blooms and low-oxygen "dead zones," but may also impact food supplies for yellow perch, hurting some fisheries. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:37:06 GMT /2024-12-12/study-reveals-cleaner-water-could-hurt-some-lake-erie-fish Allie Vugrincic /2024-03-06/snowy-days-often-lead-to-salty-streams-ohios-trying-to-fix-that Lots of Ohio cities use road salt for a simple reason: it works and it鈥檚 cheap. But there鈥檚 a drawback: pollution of Ohio's waterways. Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:18:00 GMT /2024-03-06/snowy-days-often-lead-to-salty-streams-ohios-trying-to-fix-that Adriana Martinez-Smiley, WYSO /2023-12-11/water-quality-program-h2ohio-expanding-rivers Gov. Mike DeWine says the H2Ohio program will now test for forever chemicals in 29 of the state's large rivers. Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:32:22 GMT /2023-12-11/water-quality-program-h2ohio-expanding-rivers Nick Swartsell /2023-08-01/ohios-major-rivers-see-dramatic-health-improvement-in-the-last-35-years The water quality study did not look at the Ohio River, which was listed as one of the most endangered rivers in the country in a study earlier this year. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:10:11 GMT /2023-08-01/ohios-major-rivers-see-dramatic-health-improvement-in-the-last-35-years George Shillcock /politics-government/2022-02-28/columbus-city-council-to-vote-on-more-than-21-million-water-testing-lab-upgrade The funds will allow the lab to be temporarily relocated while the facility is remodeled with state of the art equipment. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:00:00 GMT /politics-government/2022-02-28/columbus-city-council-to-vote-on-more-than-21-million-water-testing-lab-upgrade Matthew Rand /news/2021-02-04/activists-petition-epa-to-enforce-water-standards-for-ohio-river Activists recently petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the Ohio River.The petition calls for federally mandated numeric water鈥� Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:30:59 GMT /news/2021-02-04/activists-petition-epa-to-enforce-water-standards-for-ohio-river Chris Welter /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2018-12-07/water-quality-in-rural-ohio In many rural cities across the U.S., residents don鈥檛 have access to clean water. Lead, pesticides, and other chemicals continue contaminate wells and鈥� Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2018-12-07/water-quality-in-rural-ohio