Description: Stormwater management progress despite challenges
Algae blooms affecting Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes that comprises the state’s northern shoreline, have become more commonplace. In August 2014, the city of Toledo, located in northwest Ohio on the Lake Erie shore, made national news when it banned residents from drinking water sourced from the lake for more than 2 days due to a toxic algae bloom. Since then, algae blooms have...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Stormwater management progress despite challenges
Although these challenges remain formidable, some real successes provide examples from which others can learn. One example is the establishment of a regional stormwater program implemented by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD). Stormwater-related problems must be addressed regionally to be effec-tive. Since 2016, NEORSD has been investing millions of dollars and has been...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Stormwater management progress despite challenges
Director of Public Service for the City of Aurora, Ohio, Harry Stark is Past President of the Ohio Stormwater Association, Executive Director of the Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners and the Executive Director for the Annual Ohio Stormwater Conference in the United States. For more information, visit...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Stormwater management progress despite challenges