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Drawing from collaborative planning, governance, and integrated water resources management literatures, as well as survey results from a study of SWP planning across the Upper Midwest, I assessed five SWP plans/programs in Ohio. Using a multiple-case study design to structure my analyses, I focused on SWP plans/programs for three groundwater and two surface water systems in Ohio. Document analysis and semi-structured interviews were conducted with public water system representatives for each case, as well as planners, zoning managers, and other relevant actors involved in SWP planning and management.
The Village of Gratis is located in southwest Ohio. The Ohio Environmental ProtectionAgency (OEPA) determined that the Gratis drinking water system is highly susceptible tocontamination. For this practicum, a geographic information system (GIS) study usingthe DRASTIC and SEEPAGE models was conducted to verify the ground-watervulnerability in the Gratis protection area. High susceptibility to contamination andelevated nitrate concentrations in the public water supply led to the creation of a sourcewaterprotection plan. The plan was developed by a diverse team of local stakeholdersand submitted to the OEPA for endorsement in 2009. Source-water protection in Gratisincludes outreach and education strategies to prevent future contamination and preparefor timely response in the event of emergency. By implementing the protection plan, theVillage of Gratis will reduce their water treatment cost and provide safe drinking waterfor the community.
The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine was established in 1988 as a mechanism for bringing the various stakeholders together to discuss environmental health issues in a neutral setting. The members of the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine come from academia, industry, and government. Their perspectives range widely and represent the diverse viewpoints of researchers, federal officials, and consumers. They meet, discuss environmental health issues that are of mutual interest, and bring others together to discuss these issues as well. For example, they regularly convene workshops to help facilitate discussion of a particular topic. The Rountable's fifth national workshop entitled From Source Water to Drinking Water: Ongoing and Emerging Challenges for Public Health continued the theme established by previous Roundtable workshops, looking at rebuilding the unity of health and the environment. This workshop summary captures the discussions and presentations by the speakers and participants, who identified the areas in which additional research was needed, the processes by which changes could occur, and the gaps in our knowledge.