Source Water Protection Committee

Mission

The mission of OAWWA Source Water Protection (SWP) Committee is to promote and encourage the protection of source waters throughout the state of Ohio - whether surface water or groundwater - through information sharing, education, and collaboration between water purveyors, the Ohio EPA, National’s AWWA SWP Committee, and other entities.

Background

This committee began as a sub-committee of the OAWWA Technology Committee in 2019 through discussion about asset management and source water protection. Our committee members from Ohio Utilities and the Ohio EPA are actively involved in developing and implementing source water protection programs for their water utilities and want to help others! In late 2022, this committee became a full committee of OAWWA.

Source Water Protection Award

The application portal should be opening in March 2026, more information coming soon.

Committee Officers

Chair – Ruthy Meinstein, Ohio EPA DDAGW
Vice Chair – Robert Andrews, City of Columbus
Secretary – Richard Stuck, Greater Cincinnati Water Works

Current Members

City of Akron
City of Columbus
City of Dayton
City of Middletown
City of Trenton
City of Troy
Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Hamilton to New Baltimore Groundwater Consortium
Northern Kentucky Water District
Ohio EPA Division of Drinking & Ground Waters
Power Engineering
Raftelis
Southwest Regional Water District
WSP USA Inc.

Resources

American Water Works Source Water Protection Web Site: https://www.awwa.org/Resources-Tools/Resource-Topics/Source-Water-Protection
Ohio EPA Source Water Assessment and Protection Program Web Site: https://epa.ohio.gov/divisions-and-offices/drinking-and-ground-waters/source-water-protection-and-underground-injection-control-(uic)/source-water-assessment-and-protection-program
The Groundwater Consortium: https://gwconsortium.org/
Groundwater Protection Council: https://www.gwpc.org/
The Groundwater Foundation: https://groundwater.org/

Committee Meeting Dates

Virtual: February 24, 1:30pm to 3:00pm
In Person: May, TBD

How to Join

If you are interested in participating on the committee, please review our Standard Operating Procedures (below) and contact our Chair at: [email protected]