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...for flood prevention or the drainage or protection of lands. No improvement under this chapter shall deprive the owners of lands lying upon any stream of water of the ordinary flow in the stream without compensation. Subject to this section, the board of directors has the same powers as are conferred generally by this chapter insofar as applicable. Assessments shall be levied and bonds issued as provided in this ch...

...emergency, may compel assistance in the protection of those works. The board may prevent persons, vehicles, or livestock from passing over the property or works of the district at any places or in any manner that would result in damage to the property or works or in the opinion of the board would endanger the property or works or the safety of persons lawfully on the property or works. The employees that the board d...

...cilities, necessary equipment for fire protection, other related structures, equipment, and furnishings, and real estate and interests in real estate, necessary or useful in the proper development of a water supply for domestic or other purposes and its proper distribution. (B) "Current operating expenses," "debt charges," "permanent improvement," "public obligations," and "subdivision" have the same meanings...

...ements of the director of environmental protection.

...aint, in writing, to the environmental protection agency that unsafe water supply conditions exist in any county, the agency's director forthwith shall inquire into and investigate the conditions complained of. If, upon investigation of the complaint, the director finds that it is necessary for the public health and welfare that water supply facilities be acquired or constructed, maintained, and operated to serve an...

...ven it by the director of environmental protection to perform any act required of it by sections 6103.02 to 6103.30 of the Revised Code, and by any such order and notice of the director, such order of the director may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writ.

...shall be submitted to the environmental protection agency; (E) Counsel with public agencies or private interests seeking advice and assistance relative to the beneficial use of water within the district; (F) Assist governmental agencies and private interests in the planning and development of water resources within the district; (G) Have access to all information, statistics, plans, and data relative to the wat...

...ach watershed county, the environmental protection agency, and with the legislative authority of each municipal corporation containing territory within the territorial boundaries of the district.

...rmined by the director of environmental protection; (D) Is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate commerce.

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall adopt a plan for the provision of safe drinking water in emergencies. For purposes of this section "emergency" means an imminent and substantial danger to human health. (B) Whenever the director determines that a water supply emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or welfare and the owner or operator of a public water system has not...

...Whenever the director of environmental protection determines that use of water from a public water system presents a threat to the health of persons using such water, he may issue a "water use advisory" alerting the owner, operator, or users of such system of the threat and advising that the use of the water be discontinued or that the water be boiled or otherwise treated to render it safe for use. The director may o...

...proved by the director of environmental protection under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (1) Upon receipt of a proper application, the director shall consider the need for compliance with requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and generally accepted standards for the construction and equipping of water systems, and shall issue an order approving or disapproving the plans. In granting an approval, the d...

...ll. (B) The director of environmental protection may require a public water system to decrease its pumping rates if either of the following applies: (1) The public water system is pumping at a rate that is drawing or has the potential to draw contaminants into the public water system or a public water system well. (2) The chief of the division of water resources in the department of natural resources revokes, ...

...issued by the director of environmental protection in accordance with this chapter and any rules adopted under it. (B) In addition to meeting the siting requirements established under section 6109.04 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under it, a person that submits a well siting application for a public water system well shall include all of the following in the application: (1) For a new public water s...

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall not approve plans for construction, installation, or substantial modification of a community water system that serves fewer than five hundred service connections, or any part of such a system, except a system owned and operated by a public entity or a system regulated by the public utilities commission, unless the owner or operator of the system or part thereof has p...

...manner as the director of environmental protection may reasonably require, but shall provide a clear and readily understandable explanation of all of the following: (1) Potential sources of lead in the drinking water; (2) Potential adverse health effects; (3) Reasonably available methods of mitigating known or potential lead content in drinking water; (4) Any steps the public water system is taking to mitigate le...

... as may be ordered by the environmental protection agency. Records of the results of such analyses shall be maintained and reported as required by the agency.

... has been approved by the environmental protection agency.

... order of the director of environmental protection under section 6109.15 of the Revised Code, plans for compliance with the order, or fail to perform any act required of them by such order within a reasonable time, the order may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writ.

...If the director of environmental protection determines that the municipal corporation is unable to comply with section 6109.17 of the Revised Code by reason of existing debt and tax limitations, the director may find that an emergency exists requiring the immediate issuance of bonds. When such finding is approved by the tax commissioner and is certified to the taxing authority of the municipal corporation, it shall i...

... order of the director of environmental protection to a person owning and operating a public water system whose rates are regulated by the public utilities commission is final and it is claimed by such person that the revenues derived from the operation of such system is not sufficient to warrant the expense of making the improvements or changes so ordered, an application may be made to the public utilities commissio...

...tition by the director of environmental protection, a court of common pleas may appoint a receiver to take possession of and operate a public water system that serves fewer than five hundred service connections only when conditions existing at the public water system present a threat to public health or welfare. However, division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to a system owned and operated by a public entit...

...anted by the director of environmental protection under it. Each day of noncompliance is a separate violation. (B) No person shall make a false material statement or representation in an application, license, record, report, or other document that is required to be submitted to the director or to the attorney general under this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or any order or term or condition of a license, ...

...The director of environmental protection may on the director's own initiative investigate or make inquiries into any suspected violation of section 6109.31 of the Revised Code. The attorney general, upon written request by the director, shall bring an action for injunction or other appropriate civil action or criminal prosecution against any person violating or threatening to violate that section. In an actio...

...The director of environmental protection or his duly authorized representative may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property to inspect and investigate conditions relating to the construction, maintenance, and operation of a public water system, and may take samples for analysis. If entry or inspection authorized by this section is refused, hindered, or thwarted, the director or his authorized rep...