Ask your representative to protect public health from sewage pollution
Billions of
gallons of untreated sewage are dumped into Ohio's waterways each year,
posing serious health threats for Ohioans. Even worse, Ohio has no
public notification system to alert citizens when sewage pollution has
contaminated local beaches and waterways.
Please take a minute
to ask your Representative to protect public health by supporting
public notification legislation for sewage overflows.
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Clean Water
Enforcing the Clean Water Act
Since 1990, Environment Ohio staff have filed 12 lawsuits under the
Clean Water Act, forcing illegal polluters to pay over $2 million in
fines. In a landmark case, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel paid $700,000 for
polluting the Ohio River. Read more.