Effective: September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the drinking water protection fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The fund shall consist of moneys distributed to it and shall be used for all of the following purposes:
(1) Administration of this chapter and rules adopted under it;
(2) Administration in this state of the Safe Drinking Water Act;
(3) Provision of technical assistance to public water systems in this state for the purposes of this chapter and rules adopted under it;
(4) Special studies conducted by the director for the monitoring and testing of drinking water quality in this state;
(5) Support of programs for the prevention of contamination of surface and ground water supplies in this state that are sources of drinking water.
(B) The director may expend not more than two hundred thousand dollars from the fund in each fiscal year for the purpose of making loans to owners and operators of public water systems for emergency remediation of threats of contamination to public water supplies. The director shall not loan more than twenty-five thousand dollars to the owner or operator of any single public water system. The director shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing application procedures and requirements for those loans. The rules shall require that an owner or operator receiving a loan under this division repay the loan to the fund not later than twelve months after receiving it.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches
Chapter 6109 | Safe Drinking Water
Section 6109.01 | Safe Drinking Water Definitions.
Section 6109.02 | Public Water System Exemptions.
Section 6109.03 | Purpose of Safe Drinking Water Statutes.
Section 6109.04 | Director of Environmental Protection to Administer and Enforce.
Section 6109.05 | Plan for the Provision of Safe Drinking Water in Emergencies.
Section 6109.06 | Water Use Advisory.
Section 6109.07 | Construction, Installation or Change of Public Water System.
Section 6109.071 | Decrease in Public Water System Pumping Rates.
Section 6109.072 | Well Siting Application.
Section 6109.08 | Owner or Operator to Provide Financial Assurance.
Section 6109.10 | Prevention of Lead Contamination.
Section 6109.11 | Investigation of Complaints of Impure Water.
Section 6109.12 | Public Water System Analyses.
Section 6109.121 | Adoption of Rules Relating to Water System Testing.
Section 6109.13 | Approval of Connections to Public Water System.
Section 6109.14 | Notification of Danger of Contamination - Hearing.
Section 6109.15 | Improvements, Corrections, and Changes to Prevent Contamination.
Section 6109.16 | Writ of Mandamus.
Section 6109.17 | Funds for Safe Drinking Water Systems.
Section 6109.18 | Emergency Bonds to Fund Safe Drinking Water Improvements.
Section 6109.19 | Additional Charges for Water Supply to Pay for Improvements.
Section 6109.20 | Maintaining Fluoride Content of Public Water Supply.
Section 6109.21 | License to Operate Public Water System.
Section 6109.22 | Rules for Administrative Assessment and Collection of Monetary Penalties.
Section 6109.25 | Appointment of Receiver; Petition.
Section 6109.30 | Drinking Water Protection Fund.
Section 6109.31 | Violations - Noncompliance.
Section 6109.32 | Investigations - Enforcement by Attorney General.
Section 6109.33 | Civil Penalty.
Section 6109.34 | Right of Entry.