1/10/2025
WT Staff
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January 10, 2025 1016 am EST
Winter Weather Advisory issued by NWS Cleveland at 945 am Fri Jan 10
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY...
Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of two to four
inches in portions of north central, northeast, and northwest Ohio. Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Friday evening commute.
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
The Ohio Department of Transportation and Ohio Turnpike and
Infrastructure Commission strongly encourage motorists to heed all
travel restrictions and delay unnecessary travel.
Visit OHGO.com, here for more information.
See NWS winter weather safety information for at home and on the road, here.
Impacting Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Wyandot-
Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox Counties, including the cities of Ashland, Carey, Perrysburg, Genoa,
Tiffin, Willard, Killbuck, Marion, Rittman, Bellevue, Oak Harbor,
Upper Sandusky, Millersburg, Cardington, Mansfield, Crestline,
Findlay, Mount Gilead, Fremont, Toledo, Sandusky, Clyde, Port
Clinton, Orrville, Wooster, Huron, Bowling Green, Norwalk,
Galion, Fostoria, Mount Vernon, and Bucyrus
Safe Drinking Water Act
Montgomery County: City of Oakwood issued a BWA following a water main break Tuesday. Customers on Tryon Road, Glenshire Road, Milburn Road, Somerville Drive and Laurelton Drive are impacted with this event.
The new quarterly stats are due from EPA, check back here for an update to the Serious Violator List. From the prior quarter, see how drinking water facility compliance compares in Ohio, New York, Georgia, Louisiana and California, here.
SaferStates.org for drinking water source protection
Drinking water source protection
Why so much ado about hazardous spills, toxic releases at WaterToday? Toxic materials pollute drinking water sources, above and below ground. Hazardous materials spills reported to state authorities are shown on our map. The Toxic Release Inventory reports industrial discharges from federally regulated sites. There are landfills that leach contaminants to groundwater, industrial point source discharges regulated by national and state permits, municipal wastewater releases, combined sanitary and storm overflows and non-point source contamination, such as nutrient leaching off agricultural properties. In our CrimeBox column we cover the unreported releases of contaminants, the criminal violations of the Clean Water Act. All of these factor in to the security of drinking water sources, the subject of interest.
Recently, WT has been looking into the incidental contamination that comes from municipal wastewater. Toxics are shedding from homes into wastewater, the remediation of this situation will through public awareness and a change in consumer behavior along with limitations imposed on the producers of consumer goods.
A growing number of states have introduced and adopted new regulations to curb the use of harmful molecules in consumer goods. Some manufacturers have been cooperative with social pressure to make products safer, others have launched lawsuits to protect their patents and profits. While the policy-makers and industry lobbyists wrestle for control of this situation, we have looked at ways the average person can manage exposure in the home. We are reminded that labeling for harmful chemicals is not required in many instances, beginning to look for independent certification for those alternative goods and products that are free of harmful chemicals.
To the degree the public chooses the safer alternative products, the local drinking water supply can be protected.
See SaferStates.org, for more information here.
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