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Lake Erie has been threatened by harmful algae blooms. But Ohio farmers are increasingly backing H2Ohio, a program to protect the lake and waterways around the state.
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Road salt use has doubled in the U.S., and it's polluting water. How Ohio is trying to prevent that.Salt is important to road safety during the winter months, but it can also affect water quality. So the Ohio EPA is working to decrease this form of pollution.
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$1 million will be distributed to local municipalities for equipment upgrades to prevent the over-application of salt on roads.
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The Miami Valley Fair Housing Center will hold an environmental listening session today to learn what environmental factors may be impacting the health of residents of west and northwest Dayton.
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The Hilltop Wellfield Project in Beavercreek is planning to add up to five million gallons to its water supply to accommodate for the community in Greene County.
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This month, a Columbus appeals court told the Ohio Utility Group–a group made up of regional coal companies–that they do have to follow Ohio EPA regulations regarding the industrial waste they produce.
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Last month, the United States Supreme Court limited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate some of the nation's wetlands and waterways.
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In the late 1970s, the Tremont City Barrel Fill was where companies like Procter & Gamble, PPG industries, and Waste Management (now WM) buried their unwanted waste.
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The Miami Valley watersheds are not affected by East Palestine runoff.
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Some groundwater on Wright Patterson Air Force Base is contaminated with PFAS, or forever chemicals. Those chemicals have been linked to cancer and developmental problems. Engineers recently built something called an interceptor trench to capture that groundwater so they can clean it up.
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The City of Bellbrook has joined Dayton and Fairborn in a lawsuit against more than 30 companies that manufactured PFAS, or so-called forever chemicals. Bellbrook said those companies should pay to clean up the PFAS in the city's drinking water wells.
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Your WYSO Morning News Update for June 22, 2022, with Mike Frazier: