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Ohio River Sanitation Compact (Ohio Revised Code: Title 61 Water Supply, Sanitation, And Ditches; Chapter 6113)

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Subdivisión territorial
Ohio
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2018
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Acuerdo subnacional Control de la contaminación Contaminación de las aguas dulces Normas sobre calidad del agua Aguas superficiales Aguas continentales Cuenca/área de captación/cuenca colectora Uso industrial del agua
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This Chapter of the Ohio Revised Code adopts the Ohio River Sanitation Compact entered into among the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. It provides the each of the signatory states pledges to each of the other signatory states faithful cooperation in the control of future pollution in and abatement of existing pollution from the rivers, streams and waters in the Ohio river basin which flow through, into or border upon any of such signatory states, and in order to effect such object, agrees to enact any necessary legislation to enable each such state to place and maintain the waters of said basin in a satisfactory sanitary condition, available for safe and satisfactory use as public and industrial water supplies after reasonable treatment, suitable for recreational usage, capable of maintaining fish and other aquatic life, free from unsightly or malodorous nuisances due to floating solids or sludge deposits, and adaptable to such other uses as may be legitimate.

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codes.ohio.gov