{"id":2903,"date":"2026-06-26T19:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/?page_id=2903"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:47:36","slug":"drinking-water-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/drinking-water-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinking Water Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Appalachia Ohio Drinking Water Accessibility Initiative Summary Report and Maps <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Prepared by: Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service
\nMatt Trainer, Jen Bowman, Elham Erfanian, Emily Beard, and Natalie Kruse,\u00a0September 2022
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\nThe Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University along with partners from the local development districts, the Governor\u2019s Office of Appalachia, and the Environmental Protection Agency has produced a set of 32 county-level maps identifying coverage areas served and not served by an improved public water source in Appalachia Ohio.\u00a0 From the data collected as part of this initiative in\u00a0Appalachia Ohio, the average percent of population unserved by a public water system is 34%, distinctly higher than the national average at 12%.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The goal of the initiative was to create a database and set of maps that shows communities that are served and unserved by public water, providing leaders and decision makers the information needed to elevate and address the issue to improve water accessibility in Appalachia Ohio.\u00a0 These maps are available for download here, click on a county to download the map showing coverage areas served and not served by a public water source and the county-level infographic displaying socioeconomic data for each of those populations.<\/p>\n

Questions can be directed to Jen Bowman,\u00a0bowmanj2@ohio.edu<\/a>\u00a0and Matt Trainer,\u00a0trainer@ohio.edu<\/a>\u00a0at Ohio University Voinovich School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Reports and Appendices<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Report<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Appendix A<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Appendix B<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Individual County Maps and Infographics<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Adams<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Ashtabula<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Athens<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Belmont<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Brown<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Carroll<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Clermont<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Columbiana<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Coshocton<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Gallia<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Guernsey<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Harrison<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Highland<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Hocking<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Holmes<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Jackson<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Jefferson<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Lawrence<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Mahoning<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Meigs<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Monroe<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Morgan<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Muskingum<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Noble<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Perry<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Pike<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Ross<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Scioto<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Trumbull<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Tuscarawas<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Vinton<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Washington<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Local Development District Maps and Infographics<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
BHRC<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Eastgate<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
OMEGA<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
OVRDC<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2903","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2946,"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2903\/revisions\/2946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voinovichacademy.ohio.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}