12/4/2024
WT Staff
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December 4, 2024 1042 am EST
Bracing for arctic cold front
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued by NWS Cleveland 639 am EST Wed Dec 4
An arctic cold front will move across the area tonight, ushering in much colder air and wind gusts potentially over 40 mph tonight and Thursday. Snow showers and squalls may accompany the arctic front, which along with the gusty winds and falling temperatures, may impact travel across the region.
Westerly wind gusts over 40 mph are expected behind the front tonight into Thursday.
Prepare for the Lake Effect now, get your winter safety travel kit stocked up and don't leave home without it! See the NWS Winter Safety Kit checklist, here.
Impacting Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Wyandot-
Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox Counties
Safe Drinking Water Act
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for the oversight of Safe Drinking Water Act compliance, assisting drinking water facilities in Ohio to deliver quality drinking water. As of the latest reporting cycle, 66.7% of Ohio's licensed drinking water facilities are running compliant operations. When a breach occurs, a boil water advisory is issued for the impacted customers. WTOH.us posts these on the map to the right, in yellow.
Compare to the global record: the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 73% of the world population, approximately 6 billion people, were served by safely-managed drinking water facilities in 2022. Microbiologically-contaminated drinking water is a reality for the balance of the global population. Even in North America, the best managed drinking water facilities experience periods of microbiological contamination. Power outages, loss of pressure in the distribution lines, pump failure, rupture of aging water mains, construction accidents and scheduled maintenance work can introduce contamination, prompting the boil water advisories posted here in yellow tags on the maps to the right.
See how drinking water facility compliance compares in Ohio, New York, Georgia, Louisiana and California, here.
As the EPA studies new contaminant threats to public drinking water, the SDWA is periodically amended. In April 2024, a suite of six per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances were added to the list of contaminants that drinking water facilities will be required to monitor and report, with legally enforceable maximum contaminant levels. US licensed drinking water facilities have until 2029 to establish the capacity for compliance with the amended regulation. Funding has been established to assist with the cost. See the details on the latest SDWA amendment, here.
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