The public is invited to weigh in on a draft plan to restore and protect the waters that 30 million people depend on for their drinking water, public health and quality of life in the Ohio River Basin.
The public is invited to weigh in on a draft plan to restore and protect the waters that 30 million people depend on for their drinking water, public health and quality of life in the Ohio River Basin. Released by the University of Louisville’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, Ohio River Basin Alliance and National Wildlife Federation, the plan aims to tackle serious problems such as toxic pollution, sewage contamination, habitat loss, mine waste and flooding.
The Ohio River Basin covers a region of 204,000 square miles, consisting of the ancestral and historical homelands of more than 40 federally recognized Tribal Nations, as well as those of the Tribal Nations currently within the basin, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Seneca Nation of Indians. The Basin encompasses portions of 14 states including Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The draft report, “Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities, Healthy Economies: A Collaborative Plan to Restore and Protect the Waters of the Ohio River Basin,” seeks to address several threats to local waters including inadequate water infrastructure, toxic pollution, nonpoint source pollution, mining issues, hydrologic modification, loss of habitat, invasive species and extreme weather and flooding.
Read more at: University of Louisville
Fishing on the Ohio River near Louisville
