Division of Drinking and Ground Waters Programs

Capability Assurance
Ensures public water systems have the technical, managerial and financial capability to ensure long term compliance with all public drinking water regulations

Enforcement
Actions taken for violations of the Safe Drinking Water Rules

Engineering
Plan reviews and guidance for drinking water facilities, backflow prevention and cross-connection control

Financial Assistance
Coordinates several programs that offer below market rate loans to eligible public water systems to fund improvements to eliminate public health threats and ensure compliance with federal and state drinking water laws and regulations

Ground Water Support to Ohio EPA Programs
Provides technical assistance to the public, regulated community, other governmental entities and other Ohio EPA Divisions concerning ground water related issues

Ground Water Quality Characterization
Characterizes ambient ground water quality conditions, identifies ground water contamination, and recommends strategies for preventing contamination

Laboratory Certification
Finding a certified lab, how to become a certified lab, reporting data, 'Pipeline' newsletter

Operator Certification
Certifies water and wastewater system operators to ensure public water and wastewater systems are operated by properly trained and qualified individuals

Public Drinking Water Supply Beneficial Use
Collaboration between the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure public water systems produce safe drinking water using only conventional treatment, resulting in reduced financial cost to communities and minimized risk to human health

Security and Emergency Preparedness
Tools and resources to help water systems prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency events

Source Water Assessment and Protection
Also known as "Wellhead Protection" and "Drinking Water Source Protection", the Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Program assists public water suppliers with protecting sources of drinking water (streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and aquifers) from contamination

Underground Injection Control
The UIC program is responsible for the regulation of Class I, IV and V injection wells, and for assuring that their operation does not contaminate underground sources of drinking water