Greene County will receive funds from Ohio EPA
By Darryl McGee - dmcgee@aimmediamidwest.com
XENIA Greene County is receiving a portion of $2.6 million in low-interest loans from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
The county was awarded three loans totaling $418,161 which will go toward the designing of water main improvements.
“We are doing a reinvestment campaign for utilities within the next five to seven years,” Greene County Sanitary Engineering Director Jason Tincu said. “We are developing a new well field at the intersection of Hilltop and Fairground. We are optimizing all of our existing wells.”
Replacing 4,200 linear feet of 12-inch water main from the Grange Hall Booster Station at Woodcover Way to increase pumping capacity and extending about 2,100 feet of 8-inch water main from Timberleaf Drive SE to eliminate an existing dead-end water main are major parts of the campaign.
Greene County will receive funds from Ohio EPA
By Darryl McGee - dmcgee@aimmediamidwest.com
XENIA Greene County is receiving a portion of $2.6 million in low-interest loans from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
The county was awarded three loans totaling $418,161 which will go toward the designing of water main improvements.
“We are doing a reinvestment campaign for utilities within the next five to seven years,” Greene County Sanitary Engineering Director Jason Tincu said. “We are developing a new well field at the intersection of Hilltop and Fairground. We are optimizing all of our existing wells.”
Replacing 4,200 linear feet of 12-inch water main from the Grange Hall Booster Station at Woodcover Way to increase pumping capacity and extending about 2,100 feet of 8-inch water main from Timberleaf Drive SE to eliminate an existing dead-end water main are major parts of the campaign.
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Delaware city and the state of Ohio are committed to keeping the Olentangy River free of pollution, and the city s new watershed and sustainability coordinator said every resident could aid that effort. I think the biggest part of my job is helping the average person understand that the water that goes into storm drains does not get sanitized first. It just goes straight into a river, said Erin Wolfe. It s something that every single person can help impact in a positive way by making sure that your grass clippings don t end up getting washed into a storm drain, making sure you don t litter because that will end up getting washed into a storm drain. Making sure that your car isn t leaking motor oil.
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BELLAIRE Residents will pay more for water starting this month after Bellaire Village Council approved a rate increase ordinance.
In a 5-1 vote Thursday, a majority of council members approved increasing the water rates incrementally each year for the next five years. Village officials have said the increase was needed to help secure a loan and grant for installation of two new air strippers at the water treatment plant.
Voting in favor of the increase were Council members Mike Doyle, Jerry Olack, Jerry Fisher, Donny Maupin and Elizabeth Dugmore. Councilwoman Nikki Liberatore opposed the measure.
Liberatore said Tuesday that she understands why the increase was necessary, but she does not agree with it.
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Police action: In the wake of Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction and the Columbus police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, Republican state lawmakers (with Gov. Mike DeWine’s support) are preparing to introduce a police-reform bill that would create a police licensing board, increase training requirements, require independent investigations of police shootings, and set up state use-of-force and disciplinary action databases. But as Jeremy Pelzer reports, no Democrats or lawmakers of color were consulted about the bill.
Thank you, next: The Ohio House voted Wednesday to approve a two-year, $74.7 billion budget bill, sending the bill to the state Senate. As Andrew Tobias reports, Senate President Matt Huffman expressed skepticism over the amount of spending in the bill, including the school funding overhaul that it contains. “It’s easier to make decisions that can be catastrophic