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Background
The Division's Ground Water Program:
- oversees implementation of the Ohio Ground Water Protection and Management Strategy which serves as a guide to all state programs with ground water related responsibilities to help ensure coordinated and comprehensive protection and management of the state's ground water resources;
- manages and promotes participation in Ohio's Wellhead Protection Program which helps to ensure the present and future availability of uncontaminated water for the users of public drinking water systems using ground water;
- manages the State's Underground Injection Control Program (UIC) which regulates the types and amounts of waste that can be injected into underground geologic formations;
- monitors, through sampling and analysis, the quality of the ground water found in the various geologic regions around Ohio;
- conducts specialized monitoring studies to identify ground water contamination problems, determine cause and effect relationships and recommends strategies for preventing contamination;
- works with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio EPA's Division of Surface Water to identify, quantify, and remediate the adverse impacts on ground water caused by non-point source activities such as feed lot operations, and agricultural applications of fertilizer and pesticides;
- administers the State Coordinating Committee on Ground Water to enhance coordination among state agencies.
In addition to the above mentioned direct activities, the Division's Ground Water Program acts as a consultant to other divisions in the Agency on all matters relating to ground water. This work is carried out under memorandums of understanding which spell out what work will be done by each party and the amount of funding that the contracting division will provide the Ground Water Program. The contracting divisions are:
- Emergency and Remedial Response;
- Hazardous Waste Management;
- Solid and Infectious Waste Management.
Additionally, technical assistance is provided to other agency and State programs (e.g. the Division of Surface Water, the Drinking Water Program, and the Bureau of Underground Storage Tanks in the Department of Commerce), industry, public officials and the general public on various ground water programs, ground water quality, hydrogeology and other related information.
Ground Water Units
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