Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 6109 · 34 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (A) "Public water system" means a system for the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances if the system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five individuals. "Public water system" includes any…
Except for section 6109.05 of the Revised Code, Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code does not apply to a public water system which meets all the following conditions:(A) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection and treatment facilities;(B) Obtains all of its water from, but is…
The purpose of Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code is to protect the public health and welfare and to enable the state to assume and retain primary enforcement responsibility under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
(A) The director of environmental protection shall administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) The director shall adopt, amend, and rescind such rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as may be necessary or desirable to do both of the following: (1) Govern public water systems…
(A) The director of environmental protection shall adopt a plan for the provision of safe drinking water in emergencies. For purposes of this section "emergency" means an imminent and substantial danger to human health.(B) Whenever the director determines that a water supply emergency exists requiring immediate action…
Whenever the director of environmental protection determines that use of water from a public water system presents a threat to the health of persons using such water, he may issue a "water use advisory" alerting the owner, operator, or users of such system of the threat and advising that the use of the water be discont…
(A) No person shall begin construction or installation of a public water system, or make a substantial change in a public water system, until plans therefor have been approved by the director of environmental protection under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section.(1) Upon receipt of a proper application, the director…
(A) As used in this section and section 6109.072 of the Revised Code: (1) "Public water system well" means a well for use by a public water system. (2) "Well" means any excavation by digging, boring, drilling, driving, or other method for the purpose of removing ground water from an aquifer. "Well" does not include a p…
(A) No person shall install a public water system well without an approved well siting application issued by the director of environmental protection in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it. (B) In addition to meeting the siting requirements established under section 6109.04 of the Revised Code a…
(A) The director of environmental protection shall not approve plans for construction, installation, or substantial modification of a community water system that serves fewer than five hundred service connections, or any part of such a system, except a system owned and operated by a public entity or a system regulated…
(A)(1) As used in this section, "lead free" means:(a) Containing not more than two-tenths of one per cent lead when used with respect to solders or flux;(b) Containing not more than a weighted average of twenty-five-hundredths per cent lead when used with respect to wetted surfaces of pipes, pipe fittings, or plumbing…
Whenever any person files with the environmental protection agency a complaint, in writing, setting forth that it is believed that water provided by a public water system is impure and dangerous to health or does not contain quantities of fluoride as required by section 6109.20 of the Revised Code, the director of envi…
Every owner or operator of a public water system shall have analyses of the water made at such intervals and in such manner as may be ordered by the environmental protection agency. Records of the results of such analyses shall be maintained and reported as required by the agency.
(A) The director of environmental protection shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Require the owner or operator of a community or nontransient noncommunity water system to conduct sampling of the system for lead and copper; (2) Establish a schedule for…
No official, officer, or employee in charge of or being employed in the maintenance and operation of a public water system and no other person, firm, or corporation shall establish or permit to be established any connection whereby water from a private, auxiliary, or emergency water system may enter the public water sy…
When the director of environmental protection finds, upon investigation, that water in a public water system is subject to the danger of contamination by reason of unsatisfactory location, protection, construction, operation, or maintenance of the system, or by reason of the existence of an unsafe emergency system or c…
After the hearing provided for in section 6109.14 of the Revised Code, if the director of environmental protection determines that improvements or changes are necessary and should be made, the director shall order the mayor or managing officer or officers of the municipal corporation, county, or public institution or o…
If the responsible officers of a municipal corporation, county, or public institution fail to submit to the director, within ninety days after receipt of notice of an order of the director of environmental protection under section 6109.15 of the Revised Code, plans for compliance with the order, or fail to perform any…
The legislative authority of each municipal corporation, or the department or officer having jurisdiction to provide for the raising of revenue by tax levies, sales of bonds, or otherwise shall take all steps necessary to secure the funds for any purpose set forth in sections 6109.11 to 6109.20 of the Revised Code. Whe…
If the director of environmental protection determines that the municipal corporation is unable to comply with section 6109.17 of the Revised Code by reason of existing debt and tax limitations, the director may find that an emergency exists requiring the immediate issuance of bonds. When such finding is approved by th…
Where an order of the director of environmental protection to a person owning and operating a public water system whose rates are regulated by the public utilities commission is final and it is claimed by such person that the revenues derived from the operation of such system is not sufficient to warrant the expense of…
If the natural fluoride content of supplied water of a public water system is less than eight-tenths milligrams per liter of water, fluoride shall be added to such water to maintain fluoride content of not less than eight-tenths milligrams per liter of water nor more than one and three-tenths milligrams per liter of wa…
(A) Except as provided in divisions (I) and (J) of this section, no person shall operate a public water system in this state without a license issued by the director of environmental protection. (B) A person who proposes to operate a new public water system, in addition to complying with section 6109.07 of the Revised…
(A) There is hereby created the drinking water assistance fund to provide financial and technical assistance for the purposes of protecting public health and achieving and maintaining compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and this chapter. In addition to the accounts created under divisions (G) and (H) of this se…
To the extent required by the Safe Drinking Water Act, the director of environmental protection may adopt, amend, and rescind rules pursuant to section 6109.04 of the Revised Code providing for the administrative assessment and collection of monetary penalties for failure to comply with this chapter or rules adopted un…